Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum of Socialist Art
A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.
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Sofia, Bulgaria
A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.
Bucharest, Romania
One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.
Bucharest, Romania
A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Paris, France
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Koracica, Serbia
This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The place where World War I began.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.