Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

The deepest metro station in the world.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

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

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

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

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Underground monastery and fortress.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.