This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

This intriguing museum chronicles the history and impact of immigration in Brazil.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

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

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.