A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Lines on the pillar of Heidelberg's Karl-Theodor Bridge record the dramatic heights of past floods.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

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

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

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

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

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.

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.