Places BronzeLotus Wants to Go

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

This museum is dedicated to the little known ancient Roman history of Vienna.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

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

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

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

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

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

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

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