Places Edited by Olga Lisina

Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.

The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

Two buildings named after their windows that make it look like a sea of television sets plastered to a wall.

An Art Deco Icarus statue adorns this abandoned gem of Yugoslav Modernist architecture.

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.

An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.