commie trip

50 Places

Tbilisi, Georgia

Stalin’s Underground Printing House Museum

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

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Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

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Yanan Shi, China

Yan'an News Memorial Hall

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

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Berlin, Germany

Friedrichsfelde Socialist Cemetery

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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Soviet Dacha

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

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Berlin, Germany

Marx and Engels Forum

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

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Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Karl Marx Monument

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

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Čačak, Serbia

Čačak Mausoleum of Struggle and Victory

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

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Vukovar, Croatia

Dudik Memorial Park

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

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Valjevo, Serbia

Stjepan Filipović Monument

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

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Tampere, Finland

Lenin Museum

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Museum of Socialist Art

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

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Timișoara, Romania

Museum of the Communist Consumer

A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Juche Tower

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Mansu Hill Grand Monument

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

The USS Pueblo

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Ideals of the North Korean Workers' Party Monument

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Kim Il-sung Square

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Victorious Fatherland War Museum

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Chollima Statue

This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

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Pyongyang, North Korea

Mangyongdae Funfair

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

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The Neon Museum

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Raketa Rakia

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Raketa Rakia

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

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Karl Marx House

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

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Budapest, Hungary

Red Ruin

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

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Bacardi Building

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

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Khujand, Tajikistan

Tajikistan Lenin Statue

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

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Schwerin, Germany

Schwerin Lenin

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

Prague, Czechia

Museum of Communism

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

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Damascus, Syria

October War Panorama

3D war panorama in Damascus built with help from North Korea.

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Tha Bak Bomb Boats

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

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Phonsavan, Laos

Craters Restaurant

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

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North Pyongan Province, North Korea

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

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798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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Changsha, China

Giant Head of Mao Zedong

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

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Mansudae Art Studio Gallery

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

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Nanjie Village

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

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Xianning Shi, China

Underground Project 131

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

War Remnants Museum

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The Venerable Thich Quảng Đức Monument

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

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Thien Mu Pagoda

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

National Museum of Kyrgyzstan

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

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Byurakan, Armenia

Byurakan Observatory

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

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