World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

Ciudad Real's former town hall found new life in 2005 when the chime clock with automatons was installed.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Dedicated to the lives lost during a fatal stampede in the Nyamiha Station.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.