According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

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

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

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

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

A public park commemorating the iconic works of a satirist, with medieval ruins on the side.

A colorful and enigmatic cemetery in the middle of nowhere.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.