The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

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

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

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

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

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

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

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

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

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

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

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

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