A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

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

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

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

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.