Prague, Czechia
House of the Black Madonna
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
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Prague, Czechia
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Praha 1, Czechia
Spitfire airplanes with butterfly wings hover over Prague’s skyline.
Brno, Czechia
A metal forest of peas pays tribute to the founding father of genetics.
Brno, Czechia
A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.
Brno, Czechia
Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.
Brno, Czechia
The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.
Brno, Czechia
A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.
Brno, Czechia
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Brno, Czechia
This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.
Brno, Czechia
This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.
Estes Park, Colorado
Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.
Denver, Colorado
A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Idaho Springs, Colorado
This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.
Arvada, Colorado
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Kearney, Nebraska
A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.