Architecture in Ukraine

Discover 16 places to experience unusual architecture in Ukraine.

External view of the castle.

Pidhirtsi, Ukraine

Pidhirtsi Castle

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

Inside the fortress.

Tarakaniv, Ukraine

Fort Tarakanivskyy

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

Kyiv Institute of Information.

Kyiv Institute of Information

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

Kyiv Crematorium.

Kyiv Crematorium

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

Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.

Druzhba health spa.

Druzhba

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

Tsarsky Kurgan

Tsarsky Kurgan

This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.

The never-ending escalator ride.

Arsenalna Metro Station

The deepest metro station in the world.

House with Chimaeras

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

Permanently Closed

Truskavets, Ukraine

Eternity Restaurant

Record-holding coffin moonlights as an eatery run by undertakers.

Ruins of the Observatory. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

Odesa Catacombs

The largest catacomb system in the world.

The front gate to the missile base.

Yermolaivka, Ukraine

Museum of Strategic Missile Troops

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Ovum II

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.

Haspra, Ukraine

The Swallow's Nest

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Giant Crossword of Lviv

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.