Places lmbrown480 Wants to Go

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

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.

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.

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

A somber memorial at the site where hundreds of prisoners and civilians were executed in the aftermath of World War II.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.