Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

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

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

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.