Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .