The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

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

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

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

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

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

This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.