Places asdonkar Wants to Go

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Back in the tiny USSR.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.

From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.