Prague, Czechia
Jan Palach Memorial
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
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Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Prague, Czechia
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Brighton, England
The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Hove, England
These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Wroxall, England
This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.
Belgrade, Serbia
Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Belgrade, Serbia
An eerie fountain commemorating the death of a boy that sparked a small war in the 19th century.
Belgrade, Serbia
Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.
Aranđelovac, Serbia
Once one of the most beautiful buildings in Serbia, this palace stands abandoned in a park.
Aranđelovac, Serbia
This spa park features an open-air museum of abstract marble sculptures.
London, England
A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.
London, England
Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
Southampton, England
Dedicated to the five postal workers who died aboard the doomed ocean liner, this plaque was made from a spare propeller from the Titanic.