On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.

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

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

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

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

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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