Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

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.

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

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

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

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Stalin's secret bunker.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

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

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

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

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

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

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

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

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

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

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

This monument commemorates the soldiers who fought for 16 hours straight to penetrate this concrete fort.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

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