A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

This clock is an architectural flourish that stands out as a landmark among a unique Israeli German community.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.