"Shrimp, sunflower seeds, baklava!" That odd beach vendor chant is the sound of summer in the Crimea, a small Ukrainian peninsula that juts into the B...
The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.22.2011
Fed up with the overindulgent holiday music, decor and ugly Christmas sweaters? Well, here's one Xmas-free bout of YouTube entertainment not to m...
Patrick McGinnis | Posted 09.19.2011
When Pripyat was abandoned, its citizens were given only a few hour's notice before they were compelled to leave. It has remained empty since that time and is now, in essence, a time capsule of Soviet life.
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.19.2011
Ukraine isn't the first destination to top everybody's list, but it should be. The former Soviet republic is a prime destination for history buffs, ou...
Posted 09.19.2011
When Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, huge amounts of radiation spread over northern Europe, forcing the evacuation of hundreds o...
Posted 09.19.2011
From iLCP: This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At 1:23am on April 26th, 1986, operators in the control room of...
AP | By MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 09.19.2011
KIEV, Ukraine -- Want a better understanding of the world's worst nuclear disaster? Come tour the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Beginning next year, ...
BBC Travel | Yuliya Popova | Posted 04.13.2012