Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.