The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

Rediscovered underground chapel is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

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

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

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

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

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

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

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

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

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

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.