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A student driver's nightmare.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

Once a bridge over the River Begej, now high and dry.

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

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

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

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.