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A bowl of traditional Prague-style goulash.

The Communist Cookbook That Defined Prague’s Cuisine

For years, one book dictated how and what people could eat.

Elizabeth Smith August 29, 2018

The narrow-gauge railway at Oybin.

Zittau, Germany

Zittau Narrow-Gauge Railway

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

Czar PRL: Life Under Communism Museum.

Czar PRL: Life Under Communism Museum

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

The memorial.

Bucharest, Romania

Memorial of Rebirth

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Lenin's Hut

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

Tito's Blue Train in Belgrade train station.

Belgrade, Serbia

Tito's Blue Train

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

Hatgal, Mongolia

Abandoned Petroleum Distribution Center

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

The Spoon Family sign illuminated at night.

Leipzig, Germany

Löffelfamilie (Spoon Family)

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

Coppelia.

Coppelia

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Neon alley of Wroclaw.

Wrocław, Poland

Neon Side Gallery

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

Unicum

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

The mayor of Trier poses for a photograph with the new lights.

Karl Marx Is the Latest Historical Figure Helping People Cross the Road

Green means go, revolutionary red means stop.

Natasha Frost March 23, 2018

Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

A museum guide next to the old printing press.

Tbilisi, Georgia

Stalin’s Underground Printing House Museum

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

Manchester's Engels Statue.

Manchester, England

Soviet Engels Statue

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

Angel sculptures hanging from the Cathedral of Brasília.

Brasília, Brazil

Cathedral of Brasília

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

Recreation of hospital ward

Yanan Shi, China

Abandoned China Medical University

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

News revised by Mao Zedong

Yanan Shi, China

Yan'an News Memorial Hall

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.