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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

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

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

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

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

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

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

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

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

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

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

The site of the first battle of World War II.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.