Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

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.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

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

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

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

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.

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

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

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

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.