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

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

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

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

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

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

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

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

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

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.