A stone woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

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

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

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

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

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

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

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

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

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

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.