A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

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

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

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

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

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

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

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

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

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

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

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

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

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

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