This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

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

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.