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

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

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

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

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

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.