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

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.

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

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.