Let There Be Hydroelectricity

Explicitly Communist architecture gets a unfairly bad rap from critics. Sure, builders behind the Iron Curtain were overly fond of dismal panelaks and other multi-dwelling units that reeked of dingy misery. But when the last true believers in the dictatorship of the proletariat decided to go the triumphalist route, man, did they ever pull it off with quirky verve.

The most famous example of this may be the equestrian statue on Prague's Vitkov Hill, which actually conceals a secret meeting...