Prague, Czechia
Vojan Gardens
The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.
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Prague, Czechia
The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Lidice, Czechia
The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.
Prague, Czechia
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Vilémovice, Czechia
The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Brno, Czechia
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.