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The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.

A monument to the small town of master violin makers and its countless luthiers.

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

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

This renaissance château was home to an infamous witch hunter who sent a hundred suspected witches to their deaths.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

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

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.