Discover 2 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Pushkin, Russia

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

Specimens collected by the author of Lolita and self-taught lepidopterist exhibited in his childhood home.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.