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A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.