Bratislava, Slovakia
Memorial to the Victims of Communism
A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
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Bratislava, Slovakia
A quiet memorial to the victims of the Soviet-backed communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Brest, Belarus
Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Polotsk, Belarus
A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Minsk, Belarus
The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.
Minsk, Belarus
The secret meeting held in this building would forever change the world.
Minsk, Belarus
This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Minsk, Belarus
Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.
Śmiałowice, Poland
A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.
Gyumri, Armenia
It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.
Madrid, Spain
This rock and roll institution decided to include some local signage of nearby extinct shops.
Agios Athanasios, Greece
A late 4th-century BC archaeological wonder located just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Churriana, Spain
Vintage aircraft in the original 1948 terminal of Malaga's airport
Alcorcón, Spain
With remarkable nonchalance, this modest park in Alcorcón brings Greek mythology and astronomy together
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Birmingham, England
The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.
Portland, Maine
The master of westerns can be found in...the coastal city of Portland?
Evans City, Pennsylvania
The iconic grave markers from George A. Romero's 1968 horror masterpiece,Night of the Living Dead.
Los Angeles, California
This street was the filming location of the iconic flying bicycle scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”