Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

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

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.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.