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

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.