Moscow, Russia
Lenin's Mausoleum
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Sighetu Marmației, Romania
A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.
Timișoara, Romania
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Chișcău, Romania
This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The Natural History Museum that time forgot.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Poznań, Poland
A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.
Czestochowa, Poland
Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Poland
A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Warsaw, Poland
A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.
Warsaw, Poland
A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.
Wrocław, Poland
A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Bydgoszcz, Poland
An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.