The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

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

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

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

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

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

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

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

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

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.