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kleinbl00 · 3846 days ago · link · · parent · post: My visit to Teufelsberg, the abandoned NSA Spy station.
Vaguely related: The Sokos Hotel in Talinn, Estonia was one of the most luxurious properties ever developed by the Soviet Union. Why? With Estonia being one of the most western-most, westernized Soviet republics, the KGB figured it'd be a great place to snoop on Westerners (and people meeting with Westerners). Thus, the entire 23rd floor was a KGB listening post. When Estonia fell to democracy, the KGB literally got up and left, virtually as fast as they evacuated Chernobyl. The Estonians found cigarettes in ashtrays, sandwiches half-eaten, etc. The KGB straight BAILED. So the Estonians left everything exactly as it was and called it a museum. It's worth a Google Image Search.