A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

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

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

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

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

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

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

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 plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.