All Places in Russia

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.