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

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

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

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

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

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

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

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

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

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

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

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.