This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

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

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

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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

A historic fire call point.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.