A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

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

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

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

Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.

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

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.