According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

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

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

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

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

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

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

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

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

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

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

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

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

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

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

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

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

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

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

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