When Design studio SGL Projeckt was hired to rennovate an old farmstead into a event and recreation center, they found the property was already in use. Since 1926, storks migrating from Africa had... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by knottedthread and Rachel

It's tough out there for the average to small-sized ossuary in the Czech Republic. There are the feelings of neglect and rejection when tourists won't give you the time of day. And of course the... »

Memento Mori, Ossuaries | Edited by atimian

In the late 17th century, Saint John of Nepomuk's massive silver tomb in St. Vitus Cathedral was reopened after 300 years. Inside they found something unusual. Along with his long-dead remains,... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by A Facebook user, atimian and others

Every day at noon, twelve chimes are hammered out by little "communists" at the Olomouc Astronomical Clock in Olomouc, Prague. The clock was originally built during the medieval era between... »

Astounding Timepieces, Amazing Automata | Edited by Tre, Henry and 2 others

The Czech Republic is a nation still in its infancy. It has only been twenty years since the Velvet Revolution peacefully ended communism and split Slovakia from the Czech Republic. Despite the... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Nicholas Jackson

David Cerny has both a good sense of humor and lot of anger. The Czech artist began his career by painting a soviet tank, which had been placed to commemorate soviet glory in communist Prague -... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

The Zizkov television tower pierces over 700 feet into the air above the winding and charming streets of Prague. It is oddly phallic and looks something like a NASA project placed arbitrarily on... »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

The word paradise often conjures images of a luscious beach, blue-green waves, and hammocks stretched between palm trees. However, the Czechs might offer a different opinion on the subject. The... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

A student who committed suicide by self-immolation (setting himself on fire) in political protest, Jan Palach killed himself on January 16, 1969, after the Soviet Union invaded his native... »

Memento Mori | Edited by canuck and Nicholas Jackson

"Carve out something devilish, grimacing…let him have glass eyes which could be given a coat of that luminous paint… Just imagine how diabolic it would look in that recess, as if the eyes were... »

Outsider Art, Eccentric Homes | Edited by treeswithknees and Annetta