This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

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

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

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

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

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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

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

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

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

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.