Prague, Czechia
‘Idiom’
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
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Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Vienna, Austria
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.
Budapest, Hungary
This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.