Vysoký Újezd, Czechia
Velka Amerika
This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.
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Vysoký Újezd, Czechia
This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Prague, Czechia
A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.
Prague, Czechia
A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Terezín, Czechia
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.
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.