Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

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

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

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

Shrapnel, dynamite, bullets and Franco couldn't destroy this bust, rescued and kept hidden as a family secret for over 40 years.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

A statue commemorating a beloved stray dog who was adopted by the entire neighborhood where he lived.