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This massive, now-retired coal-mine excavator is said to resemble a mythical dragon.

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.

This pink tractor statue pays tribute to a legendary underground punk band.

A metal forest of peas pays tribute to the founding father of genetics.

A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

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

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

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

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

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Before building her own tombstone, an untrained artist created a concrete menagerie in her garden.

600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

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

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

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