Built around the turn of the last century and part of the Hofburg palace, this "Jugendstil" greenhouse is filled with a lush, tropical landscape, trickling waterfalls, and within its humid walls... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by vienna and Rachel

The Jubiläumswarte (translated to the Jubilee tower) is an observation tower located in the outskirts of Vienna. Visitors can ascend the winding stair that wraps itself around the tower and look... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by acclarkey and Rachel

Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK) pride themselves on their extensive collection of 20th and 21st century modern art, and their status as the largest art museum in Austria. This may or may not be why... »

Museums and Collections, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Rachel and Seth Teicher

For reasons that have never been entirely understood, sometime during the night of January 29, 1889 crown prince Rudolf of Austria shot and killed his lover and then took his own life, thereby... »

Memento Mori, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta

In 1981 a Professor named Leo Navratil decided to open a residential house for artists in Gugging, Austria. The residents were not your typical artists and the house was more like a social care... »

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Churches are usually the last structures to accept a little progressive flair, especially in their design and architecture. The Church of St. Barbara, re-designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser,... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by serflac and atimian

Placed in the middle of one of Vienna’s most famous streets the huge gilded, baroque confection of a sculpture at its center is in fact a memorial to the worst plague in Viennese history. The... »

Strange Statues, Memento Mori | Edited by Annetta

Calling St. Florian Ossuary the personal charnel of Anton Bruckner might be a stretch. It might also sound like he killed everyone and buried their bones in a crypt for his own pleasure. The... »

Memento Mori, Ossuaries | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Eggenburg Charnel dates back to the early 14th century, and is a frighteningly beautiful site. It's frightening in its medium of human remains, and beautiful in its detail as every bone is... »

Memento Mori, Ossuaries | Edited by atimian

Imagine a prison cell in almost any country in the world. Your mind has undoubtably conjured an image of a barren room, most definitely under 100 square feet and probably smaller. For those with... »

Crime and Punishment, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Dylan