A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

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

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

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.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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.

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

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

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.