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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

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

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

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

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.