Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.