Places mikkitta Wants to Go

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

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.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

Stalin's secret bunker.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

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

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

The coldest city in the world.

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

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

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

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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

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

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

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

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

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.