A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

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

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

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

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

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

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.