Places vijayhm Wants to Go

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Stalin's secret bunker.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

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

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

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

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

A model village fit for an emperor.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

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

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

In the Valley of Morelos lies a mysterious Olmec site with signs of jaguar veneration.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.