This unique Soviet mosaic is located on one of the pavilions of the Progress shoe factory, which was built in the 1950s. The factory was one of the biggest in the Soviet Union. You are allowed to come inside the property and walk around—you can even feel the atmosphere of old times when the workers are coming back home from the working day.
June 15, 2021
Sachkhere, Georgia
This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.
Prypiat, Ukraine
A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Monroe, Wisconsin
Do you think your job stinks? Welcome to the only Limburger cheese plant in America.
La Palma, Spain
This century-old pharmacy is home to several striking mosaics depicting Catholic saints.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’
Brooklyn, New York
Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.
