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

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

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.

This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

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

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

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

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.