The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

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

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

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.