Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

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

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

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.

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

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

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

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

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

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

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.

One of the few places in the world that let's you legally relieve yourself on a UNESCO world heritage site.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.