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Saint Petersburg, Russia

John Lennon Street

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.
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Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Russia

Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast

Unused mast taller than every structure in the EU.
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Turan, Russia

Feynman Diagram Rock Carving

A tribute to Richard Feynman is carved into the land he planned to see but never got to visit.
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Kurilskiy Rayon, Russia

Urup Island

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.
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Moscow, Russia

A.N. Scriabin Memorial Museum

A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Lenin's Hut

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.
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Kondrovo, Russia

Home Museum of Wooden Sculptures

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.
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sovkhoza im. Lenina, Russia

Castle of Childhood

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.
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Yekaterinburg, Russia

Beatles Monument

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.
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Russia

Por-Bajin

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.
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Kuraginsky District, Russia

Tiberkul Religious Settlement

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."
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Elista, Russia

Chess City

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.
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Udachny, Russia

Shukhov Tower on the Oka River

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.
Tambov, Russia

Museum of Sin

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.
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Shlisselburg, Russia

Oreshek Fortress

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.
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Klin, Russia

Tchaikovsky State House Museum

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

Nazino Island

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.
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Irkutsk, Russia

Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon Island

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.
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Ostashkov, Russia

Alexander Golod's Pyramids

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."
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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.
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Murmansk, Russia

Alyosha Statue

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.
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Volgograd, Russia

Mysterious Volgograd Balls

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

Suyumbike Tower

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.
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