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Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

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

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

An ancient tomb that still stands in Portugal.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

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