Located on the outskirts of the village of Pidhirtsi in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, Pidhirtsi Castle was constructed between 1635 and 1640 at the command of Stanislaw Koniecpolski, a Grand Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian... read more

Discovered in the village of Mezhyrich in the Cherkasy Oblast, and now exhibited at Kiev's Zoological Museum, a dwelling made of enormous mammoth tusks reveals that these gigantic elephant-like creatures were once plentiful in... read more

Located where the Oster River flows into the Desna in the Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine, the city of Oster was established in 1098 by Vladimir Monomakh, the Grand Prince of Kievan Rus at the time. Today Oster is a bustling river... read more

Since the 16th century the Spring of St Anna, located around one kilometer from Onyshkivtsi village in Ukraine's Rivne region, has been known for its curative properties. It is considered to be a natural phenomenon of importan... read more

Best known by her literary penname, Lesya Ukrainka is remembered as the foremost female writer in Ukrainian literature, as well as being counted among the top poets and writers of either gender in Ukraine. She was also known a... read more

The Rocks of Dovbush are a fascinating combination of natural wonders and man-made creations located in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. This intriguing formation of rocks is included in the Polyantytskiy Regional Landscape P... read more

Ukraine's Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island or Zmiiniy Island, is located near the Danube Delta in the Black Sea around 35 kilometers off the mainland coast. The island consists of igneous rock formed by the cooling a... read more