Lithuania
Dvina Missile Silo
Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Lithuania
Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.
Helsinki, Finland
A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.
Moscow, Russia
Back in the tiny USSR.
Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Juraguá, Cuba
A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Varna, Bulgaria
This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Mohács, Hungary
Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.
Estonia
A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.