Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

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.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

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.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

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

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

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

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.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

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

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

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.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

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

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