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Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Added by bebeto
Santos, Brazil

Brazil's Coffee Palace

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.
rebeccaclara Added by rebeccaclara
Kyoto, Japan

Nishiki Market

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
clairedinhut Added by clairedinhut
Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.
retrofuturistic Added by retrofuturistic
Tbilisi, Georgia

Bank of Georgia Building

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Added by Tawsam
Kyoto, Japan

Sagano Bamboo Forest

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Helsinki, Finland

Sibelius Monument

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
dzhastin Added by dzhastin
Helsinki, Finland

Temppeliaukio Church

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Allison Added by Allison
Minsk, Belarus

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
atimian Added by atimian
Lahoisk District, Belarus

Khatyn Memorial Complex

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.
Added by dearbarbie
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Peacock Clock

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Allison Added by Allison
Saint Petersburg, Russia

F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.
Added by Bookhistorian
Suzdal', Russia

Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.
Added by kgignatyev
Klin, Russia

Tchaikovsky State House Museum

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."
Moscow, Russia

Gorki Leninskiye

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.
Allison Added by Allison
Moscow, Russia

Moscow State University

Gargantuan home of Russian science.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Moscow, Russia

Miniature Moscow

Back in the tiny USSR.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK
Moscow, Russia

Hotel Ukraina

The tallest hotel in Europe.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Moscow, Russia

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
Allison Added by Allison
Moscow, Russia

Fallen Monument Park

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.
Allison Added by Allison
Moscow, Russia

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.
Added by Anastasia Klimchynskaya
Moscow, Russia

Monument to the Conquerors of Space

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Moscow, Russia

Melnikov House

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

Padlock Tree Park

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.
Dampo Added by Dampo