These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

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

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.