A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

The secret meeting held in this building would forever change the world.

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.

A system of constructed rapids and concrete waterfalls in a linear park on the Slepnya River.

An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.

The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.

A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.

The country estate of renowned Ukrainian-born artist Ilya Repin.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Dedicated to the lives lost during a fatal stampede in the Nyamiha Station.

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.