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

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

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

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This magnificent church allows travelers along one of Germany's busiest roadways a chance to rest and reflect.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.