Places alxndr Wants to Go

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

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

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

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

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.

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