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From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.

A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

The crumbling ruins of an abandoned 12th-century monastery.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.

A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

This rock was donated to the museum by an inspired young visitor.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.