A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

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

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

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

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

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

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

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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