Places stenaavel Wants to Go

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

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

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

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

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

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

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.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

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

The coldest city in the world.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

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

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

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