Communism

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.