A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

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

An IT-specialist-turned-farmer reintroduces an Austrian food tradition while promoting snails as a sustainable "future food" option.

600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

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

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

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

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

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

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

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

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

A cableway for car transport.

Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.

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.

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

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

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

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

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.