A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

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.

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.

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

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

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

A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.