Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

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

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

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

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

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

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.