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

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

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

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

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

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

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

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.

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

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.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.