On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The deepest metro station in the world.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.