See Photos Taken on Illegal Visits to Chernobyl's Dead Zone

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See Photos Taken on Illegal Visits to Chernobyl's Dead Zone
See Photos Taken on Illegal Visits to Chernobyl's Dead Zone
Thirty-one years after the worst nuclear disaster in history, a group of self-proclaimed “stalkers” makes illegal trips into the abandoned radioactive city.

Iryna’s Calgary

Iryna’s Calgary
Iryna’s Calgary
Iryna was “born and raised in beautiful Ukraine,” but is happy to call Calgary her “second home.” After traveling through Europe, she decided to make Western Canada her permanent residence and hasn’t ever looked back. Here are some of her favorite things about Alberta’s “Cowboy City.”

The Alberta Story: Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

The Alberta Story: Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
The Alberta Story: Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
The homemade pierogy are spot on, and the borscht is rich with dill—just like Ukraine. But I am thousands of miles away from the old country, and more than a hundred years from the memories of the land so many left behind. This patch of prairie just northeast of Edmonton, Alberta is still the largest…