Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.

This cheeky statue of a man defecating gold coins graces the facade of a medieval guildhall.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.