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

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

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

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

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

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

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

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.

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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