Lviv, Ukraine
The Most Expensive Galician Restaurant
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
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Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Borshchivs'kyi district, Ukraine
A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Odesa, Ukraine
The largest catacomb system in the world.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.
Ribadavia, Spain
A pastry shop specializing in Sephardic sweets serves historic recipes in Ribadavia’s Jewish quarter.
Barcelona, Spain
Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.
Binissalem, Spain
Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.
Valencia, Spain
Former 19th-century apothecary serves a top-tier version of Valencia's signature cocktail.
Barcelona, Spain
Travel to the Balearics without leaving Barcelona at this restaurant specializing in Mallorcan cuisine.
Bicorp, Spain
This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.
Barcelona, Spain
Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.
Barcelona, Spain
Feast on cuttlefish ink-stained paella by the beach.
Badalona, Spain
A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.
Barcelona, Spain
Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.
Ronda, Spain
Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."
Barcelona, Spain
Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.