Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

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

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

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