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

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

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

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

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

World's largest open air theater spans 24 acres and hosts a massive recreation of the Passion of Christ.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

This haunting sculpture stands as a memorial to the torture victims of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.