A museum dedicated to the former country.

The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."