Places Egao Wants to Go

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

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

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

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

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

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

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

The world's oldest known salt mine.

English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

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

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

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

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

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