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Osokorky Metro Station

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

derWaliser

Added by derWaliser

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Museum of Sexual Cultures of the World

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

Added by cyborg

Kyiv Crematorium

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

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Toilet History Museum

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

hvarastyan

Added by hvarastyan

Pidhirtsi, Ukraine

Pidhirtsi Castle

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

alessandro cini

Added by alessandro cini

Pripyat, Ukraine

Canteen 19

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

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Lysa Hora (Bald Mountain)

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

SamM

Museum of Unnecessary Things

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

Added by Rachel Gould

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Pysanka Museum

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

SamM

Giant Crossword of Lviv

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

anhie

Hodovytsya, Ukraine

All Saints Church

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

wordsbymaria

Added by wordsbymaria

The Most Expensive Galician Restaurant

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

larissahayden

Added by larissahayden

Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

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

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

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

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Odessa, Ukraine

Darth Vader Statue

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

nickdrewe

Added by nickdrewe

Borshchivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Priest's Grotto

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

meganmichelle

Added by meganmichelle

Klevan, Ukraine

Tunnel of Love

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

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Odesa Catacombs

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Dylan

Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Múzeum Slovenského Národného Povstania (Museum of the Slovak National Uprising)

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

Added by aljorton

Bratislava, Slovakia

Devinska Kobyla Missile Base

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

Added by aljorton

Bratislava, Slovakia

Prírodná Galéria Šrot Park (Scrap Park Nature Gallery)

Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.

Added by Akshai

Červenica, Slovakia

Dubník Opal Mines

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

Added by Wadiram

Telgárt, Slovakia

Chmarošský Viaduct

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Letanovce, Slovakia

Kláštorisko

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

Added by Martin Pizem