Paris, France
Thanksgiving Grocery
An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.
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Paris, France
An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.
Moscow, Russia
Former headquarters of the KGB.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
Moscow, Russia
A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.