Odessa, Ukraine
Potemkin Stairs
Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Odessa, Ukraine
Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
Kharkiv, Ukraine
It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Kamianets'-podil's'kyi, Ukraine
This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
Lviv, Ukraine
Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.
Hodovytsya, Ukraine
The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.
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.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Odesa, Ukraine
The largest catacomb system in the world.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Vatican City
The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Kholmogorskiy rayon, Russia
What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.
Kaliningrad, Russia
Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.
Russia
A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.
Aktash, Russia
Thermal springs at the bottom of this lake create beautiful blue circles of clay.
Krasnodar Krai, Russia
This cypress grove is a unique site considering these trees are not native to the region.
Spassky District, Russia
During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.