This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

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

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

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

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

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

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

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

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.

This almost a century old piece of architecture had been overlooked by most, except for the drunk and the homeless

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