Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.