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Fort Eben-Emael

Bassenge, Belgium

Fort Eben-Emael

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

In winter, this 590-acre Baroque park is home to sledding, skating, and romping dogs.

Kassel, Germany

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Meteorological station in Residenplatz

Salzburg, Austria

Meteorological Pillar of the 19th Century

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Ossuary

Slovenia

Kranj Ossuary

Thousands of medieval skeletons lie just beneath Kranj’s main square.

Cumil the Sewer Worker

Bratislava, Slovakia

Cumil the Sewer Worker

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Bratislava Old Town Hall

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava Old Town Hall's Cannonball

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

Schöner Náci

Bratislava, Slovakia

Schöner Náci

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

Napoleon's Army Soldier.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Napoleon's Army Soldier

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Posmievačik peeking from his alcove.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Posmievačik

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

Most SNP

Bratislava, Slovakia

Most SNP

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

The picturesque wine cellars of Vrbice.

Vrbice, Czechia

Vrbice Wine Cellars

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

The Devil's Column

Prague, Czechia

The Devil's Column

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

Statue of Věra Čáslavská in Prague

Prague, Czechia

Tribute to Věra

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

The Penguins at Kampa Park

Prague, Czechia

The Penguins at Kampa Park

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The Lennon Wall.

Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Karel Zeman Museum

Prague, Czechia

Karel Zeman Museum

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

The Dancing House, f/k/a Fred and Ginger

Prague, Czechia

Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Proudy

Prague, Czechia

‘Proudy’

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

A replica Bradac on the Prague Venice wharf.

Prague, Czechia

Bradáč

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

The 'Idiom' installation at the Prague Municipal Library.

Prague, Czechia

‘Idiom’

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

BDSM masks in the sex machines museum in Prague.

Prague, Czechia

Sex Machines Museum

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

One of the Spitfire Butterflies, with its LED lights on

Praha 1, Czechia

Butterflies on Máj

Spitfire airplanes with butterfly wings hover over Prague’s skyline.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

“Die Woge” (2006).

Dresden, Germany

Elbehochwasser 2002 Memorial

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

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