This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

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.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

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

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.

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

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 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.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.