The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

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.

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.