Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Prypiat, Ukraine
Prypiat Amusement Park
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
Abandoned City of Prypiat
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Paju, South Korea
Dora Observatory
The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.
Permanently Closed
Paju, South Korea
Dorasan Station
South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.
Permanently Closed
Paju, South Korea
Bridge of No Return
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
Seogwipo, South Korea
Jeju Mermaids
South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.
Paju, South Korea
Third Tunnel of Aggression
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Jingwan-gil, South Korea
Jinkwansa Temple
An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.
Seegräben, Switzerland
Sauriermuseum Aathal
Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.
Bern, Switzerland
Museum of Communication
Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.
Bern, Switzerland
Naturhistorisches Museum
Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.
Bern, Switzerland
Bärengraben
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Zurich, Switzerland
Heureka Useless Machine
One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.
Bern, Switzerland
Einsteinhaus
This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.
Vallorbe, Switzerland
Grottes de Vallorbe
Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.
Mülenen, Switzerland
The Niesenbahn
Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.
Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Sibiu, Romania
Sibiu's Houses with Eyes
Something's watching you.
Sibiu, Romania
The "August von Spiess" Museum of Hunting
Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.
Midrand, South Africa
Grand Central Water Tower
A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.
Howick, South Africa
Nelson Mandela Capture Site
A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.
Permanently Closed
Johannesburg, South Africa
Top of Africa
One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Collectors Treasury
Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.
