The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

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

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

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

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

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

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

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

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

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

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

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

Once an arrival port for post-war migrants, this pier is now a forest of pylons in the bay and a popular spot for fishing and a backdrop for wedding photos

A life-sized statue marks the spot of the 100-meter-wide "neck" that leads to the Tasman Peninsula, and the convict penal settlement was once guarded by a line of ferocious and savage dogs

For a city that is so rife with gleaming statues and memorials in alabaster and bronze, this occultish-looking wooden example poses more questions than it answers

A pink giant of fibreglass and metal watching the Eyre Highway from a rural roadside

A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.

The hauntingly beautiful interior of a church almost destroyed by protestors’ fire.

This unique footbridge stands out among the surrounding buildings, and is a popular filming and photography spot.