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

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

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

A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Sturdy scales are a surprising thing to find in a modern European city.

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

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

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

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

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

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