An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

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

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

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.