This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

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

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

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

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

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

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.