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The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.