This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.

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

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

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

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

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

Record-holding coffin moonlights as an eatery run by undertakers.

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.