This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

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

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

This great example of a Victorian museum claims to be the oldest purpose-built museum in the UK.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

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

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

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

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

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

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

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 towering sword embedded in the ground commemorates the legendary Slavic ruler.