Shumen, Bulgaria
Bulgarian State Monument
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
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Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Slavutych, Ukraine
The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
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.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Iporanga, Brazil
At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.
Italy
This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.
Muggia, Italy
These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.
Tramonti di sotto, Italy
This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.