This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

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.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

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

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

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

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

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

An unofficial monument to the late King of Pop sits at the base of a Renaissance composer's statue

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.