A controversial “crumpet”-shaped museum tries its best to blend in with surrounding parkland.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

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

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

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.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

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

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

A bronze sculpture on a bridge, of the shoes of 29 famous Malmöites.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.