This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.