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

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

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

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

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

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.