Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
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Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.
Prague, Czechia
One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
A crucified and bearded female saint.
Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Prague, Czechia
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Budapest, Hungary
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
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
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.