An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

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

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

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

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

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

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

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

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