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All Russia Yekaterinburg

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Yekaterinburg

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Updated January 24, 2018
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Abandoned salt mine.

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Psychedelic Salt Mines

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Church on the Blood.

Yekaterinburg, Russia

The Church on the Blood

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

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Keyboard Monument

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
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Mural adjacent to the Beatles Monument sculpture

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Beatles Monument

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.
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Ganina Yama.

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Ganina Yama

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.
8 miles from Yekaterinburg
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