This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

A system of constructed rapids and concrete waterfalls in a linear park on the Slepnya River.

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.