Lidumnieki, Latvia
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This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
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Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus
A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Belgrade, Serbia
In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.
Tehran, Iran
A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Medellín, Colombia
A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.
Medellín, Colombia
Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.
Medellín, Colombia
Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.
Medellín, Colombia
Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.
Cataño, Puerto Rico
The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.
Belgrade, Serbia
A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.
Bluemont, Virginia
Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.
Vegreville, Alberta
Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
Akna, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.
Akhmeta, Georgia
Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.