This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

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

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.