Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

Long tunnels run under the ancient chariot racing circuit to the tower.

For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

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

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

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

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

One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.