A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

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

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

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

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

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

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

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

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.