Unsko-sanski kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Grmeč Monument to the Revolution
An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.
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Unsko-sanski kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.
Dera, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.
Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Minsk, Belarus
This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Minsk, Belarus
A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus
A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.
Lahoisk District, Belarus
A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Baku, Azerbaijan
The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Qirmizi Qasaba, Azerbaijan
What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.
Shaki, Azerbaijan
Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.
Ganja, Azerbaijan
A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.
Akna, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.
Astara, Azerbaijan
Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.
Dilijan, Armenia
The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.
Byurakan, Armenia
Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Yeghegnadzor, Armenia
Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.
Sisian, Armenia
Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.