The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

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.

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.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

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

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.