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

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

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

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

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

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

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.