Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

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

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

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.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

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

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

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

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

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

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

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

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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