A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

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