Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.

When the river dries up, these stones start talking.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

An underground city of salt.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.