Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

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

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.

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

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

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

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

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

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

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.