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Berlin, Germany

Schwerbelastungskörper

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
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Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
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Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
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Moscow, Russia

Arctic Siberian Campion Plant Revived

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.
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Moscow, Russia

Gorki Leninskiye

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

Borodino Panorama

A 360 degree battlefield experience.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Moscow, Russia

Laika Monument

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.
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Moscow, Russia

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
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Moscow, Russia

Bunker-42

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Added by aelandry
Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Added by ekoptev
Priozerskiy rayon, Russia

Church of Andrew the Apostle

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.
Added by tinarileyy
Imatra, Finland

Imatrankoski

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.
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Russia

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
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Pushkin, Russia

Chinese Village at Tsarskoe Selo

A model village fit for an emperor.
Added by NathanRisinger
Pushkin, Russia

The Amber Room

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Lunarsynthesis Added by Lunarsynthesis
Kronshtadt, Russia

Fort Zverev

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Jerusalem, Israel

Christ Church in Jerusalem

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.
Added by oksanam
Daugavpils, Latvia

Daugavpils Shot Tower

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.
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Zlēkas parish, Latvia

Abavmuiza Cross Stone

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.
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Skulte, Latvia

Riga Aviation Museum

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.
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Ligatne, Latvia

Ligatne Secret Soviet Bunker

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.
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