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

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

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

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

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

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

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

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

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

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

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

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

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.