A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

The deepest metro station in the world.

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

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

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

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

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

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

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

Something's watching you.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.