The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

Something's watching you.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

An underground city of salt.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.