Russia
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Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.
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Russia
Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.
Moscow, Russia
This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.
Irbeysky District, Russia
A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.
Moscow, Russia
This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.
Sviyazhsk, Russia
A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.
Kazan, Russia
Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.
Suzdal', Russia
300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.
Irkutsk, Russia
Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.
Birobidzhan, Russia
Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.
Klin, Russia
The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."
Elista, Russia
The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.
Moscow, Russia
Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.
Vladimir, Russia
Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Spanish Fork, Utah
Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Wendover, Utah
A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Meyrin, Switzerland
CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.