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

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

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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

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

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

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

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

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

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

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

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.