The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.