The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Commemorating the 19th-century labor movement in Australia.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

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

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."