Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

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

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

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

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.