This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

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

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

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

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.