A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

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

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.