A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

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

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.