This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

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

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A stone woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

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

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

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

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