The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

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

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

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

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

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

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

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

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

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

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