A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

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

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

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

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

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

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

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

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

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The middle finger of modernity.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.