A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

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

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

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

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

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.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

On a teardrop-shaped island in the Danube, the ruins of a convent and the final resting place of a saint.

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.