A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

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

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

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

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

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.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

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

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

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

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

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

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

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.