A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

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

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?