The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.

The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

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

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

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.