Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

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

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

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

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

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

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

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

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

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

A quirky monument to the 49th parallel in downtown Prešov, Slovakia.

One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

This castle was once the home of one of the most powerful women of the Renaissance.

The location where a famous medieval knight was murdered.