A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

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.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

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

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

A crucified and bearded female saint.

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

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.

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