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Frankfurt, Germany

Alter Flugplatz Frankfurt am Main

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.
Tashkent Park
Seattle, Washington

Tashkent Park

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
Turkmenistan's fiery pit, the Gates of Hell, may be extinguished after burning for decades.
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Will the Gates of Hell Be Closed Forever?

Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater has been on fire for decades. The inferno may finally be extinguished.
Sarah Durn January 19, 2022
Pereiaslav, Ukraine

Museum of Space Exploration

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.
Derbent, Russia

Ekranoplan Lun

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.
Moscow, Russia

'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman'

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.
Zelenikovo MiG-21
Zelenikovo, Bulgaria

MiG-21 Monument

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.
Pančevo, Serbia

Muzejska zbirka starovremenskih motocikala (Motorcycle Museum in Pančevo)

This museum houses a large collection of old motorcycles.
Tumanyan, Armenia

Tumanyan Matchbox Label Museum

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.
Bratislava, Slovakia

Devinska Kobyla Missile Base

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.
Kladno, Czechia

Pomník Rudoarmějce

This statue of a Red Army Soldier has been moved and changed several times since its creation.
Nomehenge is desolate, but popular among locals.
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Welcome to Nomehenge, Home to Alaska's Soviet-Era Antennas

“It might sound strange, but it’s a nice place to be.”
Bailey Berg June 16, 2021
Mound, crypt and statue
Berlin, Germany

Soviet Memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal)

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Ligatne Secret Soviet Bunker
List

23 Places to Relive the Cold War

Tunnels, towers, and control rooms preserve an era of tension and paranoia.
Gemma Tarlach May 6, 2021
Victor Dragunsky's tales about the antics of a boy named Dennis were translated into Marathi.
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How Soviet Children's Books Became Collectors' Items in India

Thanks to nostalgia, the literary legacy of the USSR has a long afterlife.
Divya Sreedharan April 14, 2021
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Podcast: Pyramiden

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 6, 2021
Vladimir Demikhov demonstrates, for an audience of experts, the implantation of an artificial heart–like device in a dog at the 18th International Congress of Surgery in Munich, on September 18, 1959.
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How the United States and Soviet Union Embarked on a Macabre Surgical Arms Race

Cold War animal experimentation and the roots of transplantation medicine.
Brandy Schillace March 4, 2021
Parts of the Berlin Wall just outside of the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida

Berlin Wall Section in St. Petersburg

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.