Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

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

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

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

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

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.