Places dbone Wants to Go

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

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

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.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

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 monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

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

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.