This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

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

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

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

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.