The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

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

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.

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

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

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

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

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

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

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

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

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

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

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

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

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

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.