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Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

This church conducts its services entirely in Norwegian sign language.