In villages, it’s usually not palaces that disappear. It’s the useful things — the ones that worked every day. Benchyk’s Mill is exactly that kind …
Benchyk’s Mill in Ternivka — a 130-Year-Old Granite “Castle” on the Syniukha, With Lavender Nearby
Yeni-Kale Fortress — the only example of Western European bastion fortification in Ukraine
At the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait, where the Black Sea gives way to the Sea of Azov, stands a fortress that blocked enemy …
Berezova Rudka Pyramid — the mysterious mausoleum of the Zakrevsky family in Poltava region
Among the fields of Poltavshchyna, far from tourist routes and busy cities, stands a structure that is difficult to explain at first glance — a …
Panivtsi Castle — a Calvinist academy, horse stables and a traitor who was hanged
19 May 1651. The Cossacks of Filon Dzherzhaliy stood at the gates of Panivtsi Castle after a failed assault on Kamianets. A Pole named Trzylatkovsky …
Burbun Waterfall — Podilia’s “secret” with turquoise water, hidden in the forest
Podilia knows how to hide its beauty. Everything here looks flat and calm — fields, roads, villages.And only when you leave the asphalt and follow …
St. Nicholas Church in Kamianske — Neo-Gothic Architecture Built Because of an Attempt on the Tsar’s Life
Kamianske is a city of metal. A steel plant. Smokestacks. Industrial districts. And then, suddenly: two 108-ft towers with spires. Yellow brick. Stained glass. St. …
Morozivka Coal Cut — a Stretch of Steppe Sliced in Two and Left to Flood
The Kirovohrad region is usually associated with fields, sunflowers, and a flat horizon line. Which is exactly why what appears near Pantaivka looks unreal. Not …
Kamiana Mohyla — a Steppe Hill With Thousands of Petroglyphs, on Temporarily Occupied Land
You drive through the Zaporizhzhia steppe, and the landscape barely changes. Field. Sky. Horizon. And then, suddenly, in the middle of all that flatness, a …
Buchach Castle — a Treaty Signed Beneath Its Walls Made Ukraine a State for 11 Years
On October 18, 1672, beneath an old linden tree next to Buchach Castle, three parties signed a peace treaty. Poland was ceding ground. The Ottoman …
Brody Castle — the Third Castle by One Team, and a Library With Mickiewicz’s Letters
Between 1630 and 1635, Stanisław Koniecpolski built three castles. At Pidhirtsi: Beauplan and dell’Aqua. At Zbarazh: dell’Aqua and Scamozzi. At Brody: Beauplan and dell’Aqua again. …
Serednie Castle — the Only One on Flat Ground, the Only Romanesque One, and Wine in 15th-Century Cellars
Every castle in Zakarpattia stands on a hill. Serednie Castle stands on flat ground, amid vineyards. This isn’t about watching over a strategic route from …