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Pyramid of Tirana

Tirana, Albania

Pyramid of Tirana

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The now-open gates.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belfast Peace Lines

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker

Originally commissioned as a sculpture to reflect the history of Belfast's red-light district, the final sculpture has been banned from Belfast public land.

Portico over the entrance to St. George's Market.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

St. George's Market

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

Alec and his friend.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

'Alec the Goose'

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain

Istanbul, Turkey

Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Obelisk of Theodosius

Istanbul, Turkey

Obelisk of Theodosius

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Serpent column with the Obelisk of Theodosius in the background.

Istanbul, Turkey

Serpent Column

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Isa Yusuf Alptekin Park.

Istanbul, Turkey

Isa Yusuf Alptekin Park

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

The cistern beneath the carpet store.

Istanbul, Turkey

Nakilbent Cistern

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

(Flickr/davduf)

Tirana, Albania

Tirana's Colorful Facade

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Postbllok Memorial

Tirana, Albania

Postbllok Memorial

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

A communist overlord menaces the city below.

Shumen, Bulgaria

Bulgarian State Monument

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Póstelek Back Facade A

Békéscsaba, Hungary

Széchenyi-Wenckheim Castle Ruins

The ruins of an early 1900s neo-Baroque mansion sit nestled in a local park in the Hungarian plains.

Wenckheim-kastély

Szabadkígyós, Hungary

Wenckheim-kastély

This castle was designed to have as many windows as there are days in the year.

The Gold Souk, Dubai.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Gold Souk

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Römerstadt Carnuntum [Roman City Carnuntum]

Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria

Römerstadt Carnuntum (Roman City Carnuntum)

A rebuilt Roman city that was once the largest Roman settlement in the region.

Typopassage Wien (typography)

Vienna, Austria

Museumsquartier Passages

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Naturhistorisches Museum

Vienna, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Steinhof Church.

Vienna, Austria

Steinhof Church

The first modernist church in Europe.

Oscar Wilde Statue in Merrion Square Park, across the street from his childhood home

Dublin, Ireland

Statue of Oscar Wilde

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Mussenden Temple

Coleraine, Northern Ireland

Mussenden Temple

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

Interior of Grianán

County Donegal, Ireland

Grianán of Aileach

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

The civil rights banner carried by civil rights activist.

County Derry, Northern Ireland

Museum of Free Derry

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

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