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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

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

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

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

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

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

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

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

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

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

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

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

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