The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

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

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

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

Site of the 1889 murder-suicide of crown prince Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera.

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

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

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

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.