An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The deepest metro station in the world.

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

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

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

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

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

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

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.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

These life-sized mosaic reptiles, crafted using ceramics from a local toilet factory, link the town's industrial heritage with its prehistoric past.

For decades, these ships have been lying in rust awaiting a final decision on their fate.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

The world's largest wooden structure.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.