A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

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.

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

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

The world's first motorway was used as a racetrack until the late 1990s.