This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

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

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

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

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

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

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.