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Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Instead of sermons, this church became home to millions of books.

A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

Once overlooking the town, this church now resides on a permanent tilt.

Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend

A museum of Czech puppetry and wine in an allegedly haunted 14th-century stone house.

The castle in the romantic landscape of Podyjí houses what may be Europe's largest collection of taxidermy dogs.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks

Stroll past dozens of intricately-detailed scale replicas of buildings from all over Czechia.

This quaint museum tells about more than just the birth of Jesus: "betlémy" are an important piece of Czech history.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.

Abandoned substation turned village treasure.

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.

A mansion where wonders of Christmas are celebrated all year long.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

Before building her own tombstone, an untrained artist created a concrete menagerie in her garden.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.