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Cameron Cayer is a Rhode Island–born writer with a love for maps, history, and the quiet diplomacy of travel.

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The large hall located on the ground floor.

Samara, Russia

Stalin's Bunker

Stalin's secret bunker.

A bust of Lenin made from sugar.

Moscow, Russia

Lenin Museum

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

Whale Bone Alley

Russia

Whale Bone Alley

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

The Seven Strong Men in the Northern Ural Mountains

Sosnogorsk, Russia

Manpupuner Rock Formations

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

Fort Alexander

Russia

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Qilakitsoq mummies at the Greenland National Museum.

Nuuk, Greenland

Qilakitsoq Mummies

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

Bluie East Two.

Ikateq, Greenland

Bluie East Two

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

The Pillars viewed from a cruise ship

Khangalassky District, Russia

Lena Stone Pillars

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Baikal Seals

Olkhonsky District, Russia

Baikal Seals

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

Peacock Clock

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Peacock Clock

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

Lubyanka

Moscow, Russia

Lubyanka

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Fort Zverev

Kronshtadt, Russia

Fort Zverev

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

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

The pogost.

Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia

Kizhi Island

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

The Amber Room

Pushkin, Russia

The Amber Room

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

Temple of All Religions

Kazan, Russia

Temple of All Religions

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

Soviet Moon Suit

Moscow, Russia

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

The bright yellow front of Yusupov Palace.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Lenin's Mausoleum

Moscow, Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum

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

It contains museums, a market, and a number of exhibits celebrating Russian art.

Moscow, Russia

Izmailovo Kremlin

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

Looking down the hall to the bunker

Moscow, Russia

Bunker-42

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

Dargavs

Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

A pack of Radium-laced cigarettes at the Musée Curie.

Paris, France

Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The oval reading room at the Bibliothèque nationale.

Paris, France

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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