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

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

A system of constructed rapids and concrete waterfalls in a linear park on the Slepnya River.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

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

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.