Places Clur Wants to Go

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

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

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

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

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

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

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

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.