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Moscow, Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Moscow, Russia

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Chizhik Pyzhik

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
Yekaterinburg, Russia

Keyboard Monument

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
Michael Inscoe Added by Michael Inscoe
Moscow, Russia

The 'Golden Brains'

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

Moscow Metro Stations

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

Institute of Russian Realist Art

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.
olgakuzmina Added by olgakuzmina
Moscow, Russia

Red Gates Skyscraper

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Moscow, Russia

House With Animals

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Moscow, Russia

Children are the Victims of Adult Vices

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Moscow, Russia

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Ivolginskiy datsan, Russia

Ivolginsky Datsan

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Ulan-Ude, Russia

Giant Lenin Head of Ulan-Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Bratislava, Slovakia

UFO of Bratislava

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Vienna, Austria

Gasometer Town

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Bratislava, Slovakia

Hotel Galéria Spirit

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.
Sebastian Wortys Added by Sebastian Wortys
Bratislava, Slovakia

Slavín

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.
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Prague, Czechia

London Booster

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.
Sebastian Wortys Added by Sebastian Wortys
Toronto, Ontario

CN Tower Stairs

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
canuck Added by canuck
Toronto, Ontario

Toronto PATH

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.
Kergin Added by Kergin
Toronto, Ontario

The Monkey's Paw

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Added by Donia Varghese
Pripyat, Ukraine

Abandoned Avanhard Stadium of Pripyat

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Bușteni, Romania

The Mountain Sphinx

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.
poppyoana Added by poppyoana
Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.
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