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

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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

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

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

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 Chornobyl disaster.

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

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

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

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

The deepest metro station in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.