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

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

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

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

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

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.