Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

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

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

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

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

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

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

The deepest metro station in the world.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

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

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.