An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Tallest - but not most powerful - wind turbine in the world.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

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

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

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

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

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.