Vienna, Austria
Ungarisches Haus (Hungarian House)
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
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Vienna, Austria
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Vienna, Austria
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Vienna, Austria
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Vienna, Austria
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Salzburg, Austria
A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.
Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.