Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

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

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

An iconic Russian watch brand inspired by Yuri Gagarin's trip to outer space.

Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

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

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

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

An art museum inside an active factory.

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

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

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

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

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

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

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

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

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

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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