Verona, Italy
Juliet's Balcony
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
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Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Graz, Austria
Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.
Vienna, Austria
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Prague, Czechia
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.
Prague, Czechia
This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.
Prague, Czechia
One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."