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

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

According to local legend, this church was built with two doors, so that residents of two rival villages had their own entrances.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

These dilapidated planes are now a canvas for graffiti artists.

One of Bogdan Bogdanović's first spomeniks honors those who died during the People's Liberation Struggle in Macedonia.

The cross-shaped memorial is filled with kitschy tributes to the late pop star.

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

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

Visit a museum dedicated to the “the king of cheeses.”