Soviet Automotive Junkyard Museum
It is interesting how much culture can affect the desirability of classic cars. In the United States the transition from the late 40’s to the...
Abandoned coal mining town in Siberia: Kadykchan, Russia
Deep in the Magadan region in remote Siberia, a coal mining town known as Kadykchan was built by Gulag prisoners during World War II. At its...
The Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth: Oymyakon, Russia
Oymyakon, a small village of about 500 people in the Sakha region of Russia, holds the claim to fame as being the coldest continually inhabited...
The Most Contaminated Place on Earth: Chelyabinsk-40
Outside of the Chernobyl incident, we seldom hear about the nuclear laboratories and test facilities of the former U.S.S.R. One particular installation – Chelyabinsk-40 –...
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
On January 27th 1959, a group of nine skiers set off hiking in the northern Ural Mountains. The group was formed of graduate students from...
Falling From Airplanes
Imagine being seated in the back of a plane and, while you’re flying at 33,330 feet, the plane blows up in mid-air. After being knocked...