PRIPYAT, Ukraine (CNN) -- The dead city of Pripyat is one lasting legacy of Chernobyl that will forever be a symbol of the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster. Pripyat was once home to 45,000 ...

A haunting postcard from Pripyat 02:57. While on assignment in Chernobyl with Bob Simon's 60 Minutes team, cameraman Danny Cooke captured striking, eerie footage of abandoned towns.

Both Chernobyl and Pripyat have been deemed safe for tourists to visit since 2010. However, tourists have to be screened before they visit and checked for radioactive particles after they leave.

Inside the tragic town of Pripyat, which is too unsafe for people to live. IT’S dangerously contaminated and depressingly deserted but thousands want to visit this Ukrainian city.

"The Ferris wheel in central Pripyat is probably one of the most known items in images from the town," said Wright. The amusement park was due to open on 1 May 1986, five days after the disaster ...

HAUNTING images show the ghost city of Pripyat, Ukraine, which was evacuated 33 years ago after the Chernobyl explosion. The disaster was a catastrophic nuclear explosion that took place in 1986 &#… ...

Russian troops have been engaged in fighting near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the site has been taken by Russian forces.The invasion has raised questions about ...

One of the few Americans who have seen Pripyat is Dr. Robert Gale, a bone- marrow specialist who helped Soviet doctors cope with the Chernobyl disaster, which so far has cost 26 lives.

"The Ferris wheel in central Pripyat is probably one of the most known items in images from the town," said Wright. The amusement park was due to open on 1 May 1986, five days after the disaster ...