Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.

These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.

Located along Lysaya Mountain, this monastery is home to the largest statue of Buddha in Russia.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

Slather on the history at an exhibition dedicated to this Russian luxury.

A collection of iconic Soviet car models on display.

The largest art park on the European continent.

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

A model village fit for an emperor.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.

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.

An abandoned mansion is now a haven for urban explorers.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.