Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Kaiserbad Spa
Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.
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Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
Most, Czechia
This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.
Tisá, Czechia
Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.
Děčín, Czechia
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.
Kamenický Šenov, Czechia
Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.
Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Trutnov, Czechia
This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.
Dolní Morava, Czechia
The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.
Ostrava, Czechia
A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.
Olomouc, Czechia
An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Olomouc, Czechia
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Brno, Czechia
This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.
Brno, Czechia
This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Cergy, France
This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
Ostend, Belgium
The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.
Naours, France
A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.