Places stenaavel Wants to Go

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

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.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

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

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

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

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

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.