Šibenik, Croatia
St. Nicholas Fortress
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
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Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Hajvali, Turkey
Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Koracica, Serbia
This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Khujand, Tajikistan
The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.
Ulan-Ude, Russia
This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
Tampere, Finland
The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.
Varberg, Sweden
Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.
Schwerin, Germany
Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.
Havana, Cuba
A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
New York, New York
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Niš, Serbia
This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.
Štulac, Serbia
Serbia's master of striking memorials erected a forgotten, hidden gem in the hills outside a tiny village.
Zlatiborski okrug, Serbia
A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.