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

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

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

In the darkness along the banks of the Maldau River near the city of Prague, Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel and his assistants fashioned a form in the mud. The year was 1580 and anti-semitic... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by ronin, Nicholas Jackson and others

There are a number of treasuries and chapels within the famous pilgrimmage site of Loreto Church in Prague, but there is one chapel in particular, The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, that houses a... »

Strange Statues | Edited by michelle

While some call it novelty, others see the tiny pieces, like a portrait of Chekhov on a cross-section of a poppy seed, as amazing works of art. No matter how one feels about the artistic value of... »

Microminiature art | Edited by michelle

Tucked away on the top of a hill in Prague is the Strahov Monestary, the second-oldest monastery in the city. It was built in 1140 and has been rebuilt numerous times since, due to the ravages of... »

Wonder Cabinets, Curious Places of Worship, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by michelle and wythe

The legend of the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town of Prague seems to have come straight from the Brothers Grimm. The dark tale is set in the fifteenth century, when the clock is said to have... »

Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Amazing Automata, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 4 others