This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.