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

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

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

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

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.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

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.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

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

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

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

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

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