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

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

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

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.

A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.