Places RakelOm Wants to Go

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

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

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

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

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

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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