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Cartagena, Colombia

KGB Cartagena

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

Base of the lamp post; the small door can be seen towards the top of the photo.

London, England

Audley Square Spy Lamp Post

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Buildings of the SVR, Russia's external intelligence agency. What happens in these buildings are Russian state secrets.

Leninskiy rayon, Russia

The Kamera (The Chamber)

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

KGB agent Nikolai Khokhlov, who defected from Russia in 1954, holding up pictures of his wife and son.

The Russian Spy Who Convinced America to Take ESP Seriously

History's spookiest spook.

Andy Wright January 13, 2017

9 Places Where You Can See Spying and Surveillance in Action

A different sort of listening party.

Dylan Thuras June 24, 2016

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Prague, Czechia

KGB Muzeum

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

Found: Unseen Film of Britain's Most Notorious Spy Explaining His Betrayal

Kim Philby spent decades inside MI6, spying for the KGB.

Sarah Laskow April 6, 2016

FOUND: The Cowboy Saunter of Russia's Top Politicians

Sarah Laskow December 15, 2015

The outside walking area for detainees in the yard.

The Corner House

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Lubyanka

Former headquarters of the KGB.