Places Clur Wants to Go

Home to thousands of dolls from around the world, including the "blue-eyed dolls" that came to Japan as American ambassadors.

Wander the locker-lined, terrazzo-floored halls and sleep in a former classroom at this unique inn.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

Located along Lysaya Mountain, this monastery is home to the largest statue of Buddha in Russia.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

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

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

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

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

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

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

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

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.