This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

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

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

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

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

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

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

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

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

Annual technopop celebration of peace and love.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

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

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.