This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

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

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

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

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

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

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

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

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.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.