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This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

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.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.