Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

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

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.