Places katehawes Wants to Go

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

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.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

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

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

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

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

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.