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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

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

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

At this 16th-century monastery in rural Bulgaria, visitors can also spend the night.

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.