Kyiv, Ukraine
Arsenalna Metro Station
The deepest metro station in the world.
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Kyiv, Ukraine
The deepest metro station in the world.
Minsk, Belarus
A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.
Minsk, Belarus
A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
Valga, Estonia
For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Riga, Latvia
This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Riga, Latvia
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
Riga, Latvia
The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Krakow, Poland
This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Tatra County, Poland
The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.
Warsaw, Poland
An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Krakow, Poland
At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Berlin, Germany
This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.
Brno, Czechia
This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.
Kartuzy, Poland
The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.