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Unusual Attractions in Minsk

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Cat Museum

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Lee Harvey Oswald's Apartment in Minsk

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Isle of Tears

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

Museum of Stones

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

Slepianskaya Waterway System

A system of constructed rapids and concrete waterfalls in a linear park on the Slepnya River.

Loshitsa Manor and Park

A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.

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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Minsk

Minsk KFC

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

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