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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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.

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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

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

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

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

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.