Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

Dedicated to the lives lost during a fatal stampede in the Nyamiha Station.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

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

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

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

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.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.