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

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

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

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

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

A monument dedicated to a lone, brave invader.

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

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

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

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

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

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.

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

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

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 fantastical display of Croatian folklore, mythology, and myths.

A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.