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

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

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

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

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.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

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

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.