A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.