Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

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

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

This pink tractor statue pays tribute to a legendary underground punk band.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

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

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

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

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.