Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

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

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

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

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.