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The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.