Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

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

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

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

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

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

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

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

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

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."