Kyiv, Ukraine
Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
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Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
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.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Vienna, Austria
The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Ystad, Sweden
According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Höganäs, Sweden
Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Holubice, Czechia
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.