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

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

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

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

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.