The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

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

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

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

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