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

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

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

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

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

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

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.