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Russian spa's bronze monument to enemas.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

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

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Stalin's secret bunker.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

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

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

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

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

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

The coldest city in the world.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

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

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

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

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

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.