Places piccolo8va Wants to Go

English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.

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

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

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

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

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

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

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.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

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

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

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

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

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

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.