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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

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

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

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.

This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.