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Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

'Yoshkin Cat'

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.
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Kazan, Russia

Temple of All Religions

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Sochi, Russia

Dacha Stalina

One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.
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Gori, Georgia

Stalin Museum

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Prague, Czechia

Memorial to the Victims of Communism

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Added by loup
Budapest, Hungary

Red Ruin

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
mawetzell Added by mawetzell
Seattle, Washington

Tashkent Park

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
RobertPakko Added by RobertPakko
Berlin, Germany

German Resistance Memorial Center

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Jersey City, New Jersey

The Katyń Massacre Memorial

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Pacific Grove, California

Point Pinos Lighthouse

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Added by Martin
Pacific Grove, California

Kissing Rock

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
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Monterey, California

Sloat Monument

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.
Added by Martin
Monterey, California

Monterey's Moon Tree

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.
Added by Martin
Rybachiy, Russia

Dancing Forest

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Svetlogorsk, Russia

Svetlogorsk Beach Gondolas

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.
gypsyblue Added by gypsyblue
Kaliningrad, Russia

Fort No. 5 "Friedrich Wilhelm III"

This monument commemorates the soldiers who fought for 16 hours straight to penetrate this concrete fort.
Added by visitkaliningrad
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Kaliningrad Oblast

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
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Hyder, Alaska

Hyder

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.
Added by AF
Fairbanks, Alaska

Lend-Lease Monument

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
jbartlett2000 Added by jbartlett2000
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Talkeetna, Alaska

The Cat Mayor of Talkeetna

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.
Added by Rain Salazar
Wasilla, Alaska

Togo the Wonder Dog

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
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