Places JonAkzar 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.

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

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

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.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

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.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

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

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Something's watching you.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.