Places to go in Prague

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

Take a break from the beauty of Prague to explore a more gruesome side of history.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

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

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

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

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

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

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

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

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