This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.