Places rereads247 Wants to Go

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

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

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

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

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

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

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.