Places rivkaarose Wants to Go

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

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

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

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

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

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

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

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

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

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

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.