Prague, Czechia
Old New Synagogue
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
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Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
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.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Vienna, Austria
On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Vienna, Austria
Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.
Vienna, Austria
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Vienna, Austria
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.