This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

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

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

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

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

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

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.

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

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

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

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

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

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

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

A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.