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

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

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

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

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

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

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

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

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

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

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.