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

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

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

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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

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

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

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

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

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.