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

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

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Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

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

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

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.