Places vijayhm Wants to Go

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

The coldest city in the world.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Located along Lysaya Mountain, this monastery is home to the largest statue of Buddha in Russia.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

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

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

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

Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

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

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

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

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.