Prague, Czechia
Statue of King Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Dead Horse
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
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Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
Budapest, Hungary
This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.
Budapest, Hungary
A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Cardiff, Wales
The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Liverpool, England
The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Liverpool, England
The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.
Ashton-in-Makerfield, England
Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.