Places jpwest28 Wants to Go

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

The deepest metro station in the world.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

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

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

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

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

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