Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

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

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 Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

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

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.

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

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

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

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

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.