An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A tribute to the builder(s) of Bitcoin.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

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

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.