A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

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

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

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

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

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

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

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.