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Budapest, Hungary

Zero Kilometer Stone

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

György Ráth Museum

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.
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Budapest, Hungary

Béla Lugosi Bust at Vajdahunyad Castle

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

Péter Mansfeld Monument

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

Columbo Statue

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

Red Ruin

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

Istvántelek Train Yard

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

Semmelweis Medical Museum

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
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Budapest, Hungary

Timewheel

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
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Budapest, Hungary

The Citadella

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

Flipper Muzeum

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

Barentsburg

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.
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Chesterfield, England

Chesterfield Snail

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
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London, England

'Monument for a Dead Parrot'

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
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London, England

Euston's Lost Tunnels

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
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London, England

Village Underground

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
London, England

Earl's Court Police Box

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
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London, England

The Monty Python Foot

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
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London, England

Kyoto Garden

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
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London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
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London, England

The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
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London, England

Seven Noses of Soho

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
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London, England

God's Own Junkyard

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
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Marrakesh, Morocco

New Town Tree Sculptures

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.
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