Communism

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.