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

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

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

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

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.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

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

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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