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

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

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

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

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

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

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

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

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.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

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

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

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

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

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

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

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

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

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

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

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

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

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