Dictators

A small but stubborn relic of Spain’s turbulent past hides in plain sight.

The site of detentions and torture under the Pinochet regime in Chile is now a memorial.

A Taiwanese garden teems with the retired statues of the island's former dictator.

The final resting place of the dictator of Taiwan.

An eccentric museum dedicated to Islam Karimov, the former dictator of Uzbekistan.

The building that once housed the dictator's secret police is now a museum that documents the history of an oppressive regime and those who fought against it.

This haunting sculpture stands as a memorial to the torture victims of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.