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Ganina Yama.

Russia

Ganina Yama

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

Ticket to USSR.
Permanently Closed

Moscow, Russia

Ticket to the USSR

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

House of Evgeny Smolik

Irbeysky District, Russia

House of Evgeny Smolik

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

Lenin greets visitors in front of the Central Pavilion

Moscow, Russia

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

The Assumption Cathedral and Monastery.

Sviyazhsk, Russia

Assumption Cathedral and Monastery

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

Suyumbike Tower

Kazan, Russia

Suyumbike Tower

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

A traditional wooden building at the museum.

Suzdal', Russia

Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon Island

Irkutsk, Russia

Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon Island

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

A city sign in both Russian and Yiddish.

Birobidzhan, Russia

Birobidzhan

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

Statue of Tchaikovsky

Klin, Russia

Tchaikovsky State House Museum

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

Open air chess board in Elista

Elista, Russia

Chess City

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

Golden Brains

Moscow, Russia

The 'Golden Brains'

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Cathedral of St. Demetrius.

Vladimir, Russia

Cathedral of Saint Demetrius

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

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Henrieville, Utah

Kodachrome Basin Spires

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Salt Lake City Public Library

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City Public Library

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

The presence of the past.

Bluff, Utah

17 Room Ruin

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

View from Hell's Backbone Bridge overlooking Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Area

Escalante, Utah

Hell's Backbone Scenic Road

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Festival of Colors at the Krishna Temple in Utah, 2014.

Spanish Fork, Utah

Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple

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.

The "Wall Street" section of Zion Narrows in Zion National Park

Springdale, Utah

The Narrows

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.

The North end of Sunset arch closely resembles a giant turtle

Kane, Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The Goblin (aka The Witch)

Vernal, Utah

Fantasy Canyon

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Winter Solstice 2019

Wendover, Utah

Sun Tunnels

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

otherworldly views

Kanab, Utah

The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Wandering the Immeasurable.

Meyrin, Switzerland

'Wandering the Immeasurable'

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

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