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

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

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

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

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

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

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

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

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

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