Places fraxinus Wants to Go

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Home to over 1,000 street signs, this museum offers visitors an opportunity to travel over 70 years back in time.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Back in the tiny USSR.

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

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

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.