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

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

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

On a teardrop-shaped island in the Danube, the ruins of a convent and the final resting place of a saint.

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

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

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

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

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

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

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

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

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

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.