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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

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

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.