Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

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

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

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

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

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

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

Buy raw milk from a 24/7 vending machine or pick up tomb candles at this local market.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.