Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Stalin's secret bunker.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

This brutalist monument is inscribed with 9921 names of Yugoslav partisans who perished during WWII.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.