Berlin, Germany
DDR Watch Tower
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
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Berlin, Germany
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Berlin, Germany
A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Odessa, Ukraine
Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.
Odessa, Ukraine
An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.
Lviv, Ukraine
A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.
Pereiaslav, Ukraine
A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.
Lviv, Ukraine
The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.
Lviv, Ukraine
This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.
Tarakaniv, Ukraine
This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."