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

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

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

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

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

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.