A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Berlin's old airport.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

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