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 Pripyat after the Chernobyl 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 Chernobyl'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.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

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

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

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

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

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

The largest catacomb system in the world.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.