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

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

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

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

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

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

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

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

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

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.