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Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.

The ruins of a 16th-century bridge loom over Olivença's sovereignty.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.

This abandoned fortress still stands guard over the Guadiana River despite a history of warfare.