The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

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

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