Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

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

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

Former military fort and site of untold horrors during WWII, this island may become the Adriatic's next luxury resort.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

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

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

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

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

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

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

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

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

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.