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.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

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

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

Piran’s oldest square is laden with history and a beautiful 18th-century reservoir.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

An angel that hatched from an egg!

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.