The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Colorful power station with a chimney equipped with a gallery for exhaust monitoring equipment.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

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

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

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

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

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

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

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