On April 26, 1986, Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered a catastrophic failure, the aftereffects of which are still being felt to this day. Danish photographer Lasse Damgaard explores the haunting remains of a city that once was home to thousands. Remnants of bumper cars lay abandoned in the ruins of an amusement park.

Pripyat's iconic ferris wheel, part of an amusement park scheduled to open only days after the nuclear meltdown occurred April 26, 1986.

A cross stands at the entrance to Pripyat.

A view of the Pripyat town square.

The abandoned town square in Pripyat.

The entrance to an abandoned apartment complex in Pripyat.

An interior view of the apartment complex.

Coins and bills on a window sill.

A classroom in an abandoned school building.

A waiting room with four empty chairs.

An abandoned swimming pool complex.

An abandoned classroom.

Empty room with view of a ferris wheel.

Empty room with overturned desk and chair.

A shoe in the abandoned gymnasium.

An abandoned gymnasium in Pripyat.

A monument to the emergency personnel that responded to the Chernobyl disaster was erected near the power plant.

The welcome sign to Pripyat, Ukraine, the site of the Chernobyl power plant.

Two catfish, about eight feet in length, swim in the river near the power plant.

The entrance to the first zone of exclusion outside of Chernobyl, approximately 30 kilometers from the power plant.

An older woman, one of only a few hundred people who stayed behind after the evacuation of Chernobyl.

A tree grows through broken floor tiles.