The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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

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

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Spitfire airplanes with butterfly wings hover over Prague’s skyline.

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

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

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Hidden tunnels have sheltered the people of a Czech town for centuries.

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.