Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
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Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Tarakaniv, Ukraine
This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."
Kyiv, Ukraine
This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Havana, Cuba
A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand
Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.
Pattaya, Thailand
A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Seoul, South Korea
Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.
Orp-Jauche, Belgium
Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Tamajón, Spain
Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.
Huesca, Spain
A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
La Teste-de-Buch, France
Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.