Architectural Oddities in Austria

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

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

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.