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Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.

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

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

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

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

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

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

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

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

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.