The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

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

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

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

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

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