Dig around the foundations of some 14th-century landmark buildings, and you’re quite likely to find a few ghosts.

Or, in the case of the two grand buildings gracing Národní (National) Street in Prague, a few potatoes.

That’s what Dr Martin Jan Stránský discovered when his family was restituted two buildings on the grand old avenue in Prague where the Soviets had stored potatoes for the restaurant’s kitchen. “They had boarded up the basement at our building at Národní 11,” Stránský says. “When we pried off the boards there were potatoes bouncing down the steps.” Read more…