Jáchymov, Czechia
Valley of the Mills (Údolí mlýnků)
A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.
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Jáchymov, Czechia
A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.
Prague, Czechia
A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Inachori, Greece
A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.
Most, Czechia
This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.
Slatina, Czechia
These small, brass stones commemorate the first Roma victims of the Holocaust.
Kamenický Šenov, Czechia
Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia
The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.
Prague, Czechia
A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czechia
Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.
Prague, Czechia
Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.
Brno, Czechia
Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.
Prague, Czechia
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Prague, Czechia
Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.