A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

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

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

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

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

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

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

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

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

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

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

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

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

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