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A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

One of the few places in Portugal where the Celtic ritual of wearing large wooden masks is still practiced.

Eccentric sculpture garden brings Basque mythology to life.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.

This abandoned fortress still stands guard over the Guadiana River despite a history of warfare.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

One of Europe's largest groups of dolmens remains largely off the typical tourist track.

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.

This small, lush island has a long and bloody history.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.