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Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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Vienna, Austria

Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church)

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

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Esperanto Museum

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

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Vienna, Austria

Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park

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

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Vienna, Austria

Vienna Sewer System

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

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Vienna, Austria

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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Museum of Art Fakes

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

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Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Grand Ferris Wheel

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

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Republic of Kugelmugel

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

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Klosterneuburg, Austria

Gugging House of Artists

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

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Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

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

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Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)

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

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Habsburg Imperial Crypt

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

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Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

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Vienna, Austria

Gasometer Town

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Vienna, Austria

Hofpavillon Hietzing

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

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Wattens, Austria

Crystal Worlds

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

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Tarrenz, Austria

Starkenberger Beer Pools

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

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Green Lake

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

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Riegersburg, Austria

Riegersburg Castle

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

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Längenfeld, Austria

Aqua Dome Langenfeld

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

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Grottenbahn

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Dienersdorf, Austria

Gsellmann's Weltmaschine

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

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Tarsdorf, Austria

Fucking, Austria

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

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Murinsel

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

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Kaltenbach, Austria

Kristallhütte

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

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Krems an der Donau, Austria

The Cemetery Library

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

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Vienna, Austria

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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The Narrenturm

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Vienna, Austria

Palmenhaus

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

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Ampelpärchen

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Vienna, Austria

Museumsquartier Passages

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

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Kunstkammer Wien

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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