This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A bronze memorial to Tallinn’s most famous, and most elusive, stray dog, erected while he was still alive.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

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

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

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.