While we're sure northern Ukraine isn't super high on most bucket lists right now, we thought we better mention it, just in case. Located 65 miles north of Kiev, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat was the site of a major nuclear disaster that has left the area way too dangerous to visit for many years. In 1986 a huge amount of radiation was released into the air, due to a test that went horribly wrong.
The city of Pripyat was evacuated and has been abandoned ever since. The high levels of radiation in the air meant many succumbed to thyroid cancer as a result, as well as other conditions caused by radiation exposure. You might be thinking, 'who would want to go here?' but, as usual, there have been tourists queuing up to explore. Ukraine opened up the area around the plant to tourists in 2011.