Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The largest mosque in Germany.

On the outskirts of the small village, an abandoned grassy field glitters thanks to the white stones of an ancient structure.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

This apartment is a true time capsule of local life in Bulgaria during the Soviet regime.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.

The social hall of this former factory is a Communist-era time capsule.

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

A mysterious tunnel hidden in the shadows of a colorful, historic sanctuary.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.