Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

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

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

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

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.