Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

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

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

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

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

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.

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

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

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

A tribute to an explorer and naturalist often overlooked by history.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.