Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.

A controversial “crumpet”-shaped museum tries its best to blend in with surrounding parkland.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

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

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

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

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

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

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

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

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

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

Spitfire airplanes with butterfly wings hover over Prague’s skyline.

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

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

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.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.