One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

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

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

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

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

The deepest metro station in the world.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.