Showing posts with the label Czech Republic

The Ghosts of St. George’s Church in Lekova

Dec 8, 2016

For nearly fifty years, St. George’s Church in the village of Lukova, in Czech Republic, lay abandoned. The last congregation held in this 1...

Velká Amerika: The Czech Grand Canyon

Jun 14, 2016

Velká Amerika, or the Great America, is an abandoned limestone quarry located near the village of Mořina, in the Central Bohemian Region of ...

The Bridges of Prague

Mar 30, 2016

Located on the banks of Vltava River, the historic city of Prague and the capital of Czech Republic is said to be one of Europe’s best prese...

20 Most Beautiful Observation Towers

Dec 9, 2015

Observation Tower in Jurmala, Latvia “The Observation Tower in Jurmala” is located within the Dzintaru Park in Jurmala, Latvia. The 38-mete...

The Multi-Layered Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague

Nov 27, 2015

In the past when a cemetery ran out of space and there were no more land to expand, a new cemetery was created by layering more soil over th...

Prague’s Narrowest Street is So Narrow it Has Traffic Lights For Pedestrians

Oct 20, 2015

In the heart of Prague’s oldest neighborhood, the historic Mala Strana or “Little Quarter”, there is a street so narrow that it’s impossible...

The Children’s War Victims Memorial in Lidice

Feb 23, 2015

On 27 May 1942, a high-ranking German Nazi official and the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - Reinhard Heydrich, was being driven f...

Ještěd Tower Hotel in Czech Republic

Oct 4, 2013

Ještěd Tower is a 94 meter-tall television transmitter and hotel integrated into one, built on the top of Ještěd mountain near Liberec in th...

Robotic Bicycle Parking Tower in Czech Republic

Feb 12, 2013

Remember Volkswagen’s car parking towers in Germany? Recently, a Czech bicycle importer installed a similar automated parking tower for bic...