Places Sablais Wants to Go

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

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

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

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

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.

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

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

The coldest city in the world.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.