The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

A towering steel-and-bronze figure whose playful nickname outshines its official message of hope

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.