Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

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

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.