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The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

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

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

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

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

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

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

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

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

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

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

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

This building was recently restored to its original 1908 design, showing the old style of Russian summer houses.

Workers have collected salt here in a process virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.