Sofia, Bulgaria
National Palace of Culture
A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Pyongyang, North Korea
One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.
Varna, Bulgaria
This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Tokyo, Japan
These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.
Suwon, South Korea
The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Austin, Texas
This Austin music venue is an homage to a legendary figure in the local blues scene.
South Shields, England
Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
This church with Italian style frescos was constructed by European internees in Zimbabwe during World War II.
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.