These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

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

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

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

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

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

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

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

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

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

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

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

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

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

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.

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

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

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

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.