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It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

An eerie, protected forest of old-growth oak trees, many of which are now dead.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

A grand Yugoslav memorial to the group of partisans who fought and died resisting western Serbia’s Nazi occupation.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.