Places alessandro cini Wants to Go

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

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

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

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

This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

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

The largest catacomb system in the world.

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

Stalin's secret bunker.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.