Budapest, Hungary
Jewish Ghetto Wall
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.
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Budapest, Hungary
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.
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An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.
Budapest, Hungary
A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.
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The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.
Budapest, Hungary
This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."
Budapest, Hungary
The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.
Budapest, Hungary
A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.
Budapest, Hungary
A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.
Budapest, Hungary
The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.
Budapest, Hungary
The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.
Budapest, Hungary
On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.
Budapest, Hungary
This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.
Budapest, Hungary
A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
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A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.
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Dedicated to the lives lost during a fatal stampede in the Nyamiha Station.
Minsk, Belarus
The secret meeting held in this building would forever change the world.
Minsk, Belarus
A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.
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Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.
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A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.
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Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.
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Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.
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A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.