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Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

This former Soviet military base has over 10 original aircraft and an enormous amount of memorabilia on display.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

A living descendant of the famous tree that helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.