Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Kizhi Island
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
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Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
Moscow, Russia
Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
Moscow, Russia
Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Augsburg, Germany
Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.
Wehringen, Germany
Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.
Bremen, Germany
Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.
Dresden, Germany
Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.
Augsburg, Germany
Next to the well-known retaining weir "Hochablass" is the former raft port for the city of Augsburg.
Bamberg, Germany
Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.
Herzberg, Germany
Remains of a huge radio tower.