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

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

What appears to be an ordinary bridge is actually a rare aqueduct.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.