The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

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

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.