An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

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

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

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

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.

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

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

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The deepest metro station in the world.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.