Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

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

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.