Places bystrov Wants to Go

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

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

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A garden of flying flowers.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.