Kyiv, Ukraine
Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
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Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Trutnov, Czechia
This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.
Olomouc, Czechia
This almost a century old piece of architecture had been overlooked by most, except for the drunk and the homeless
Týnec nad Sázavou, Czechia
This Czech military museum is home to pink tank that was once a symbol of art and political rebellion.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Lidice, Czechia
The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Prague, Czechia
Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.