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

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

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

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

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

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

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

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.”

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.

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

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.