The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.