This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

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

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

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

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.