These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

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

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

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.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

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

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

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

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

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

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

One of the most notable figures in the Wurstelprater’s history is often assumed to be a fictional character.