5 Hidden Destinations in Europe
Russia
Destinations
Russia · Kabardino-Balkaria
At the foot of the Caucasus Mountains, an impossibly blue, eerily still lake silently drains millions of gallons of water into a river each day, despite having no visible source feeding it.
Goluboye Ozero, also known as Chirik-Köl, is one of the deepest karst lakes on Earth, plunging over 250 meters into a labyrinth of unexplore...
Russia · Arkhangelsk Oblast, Solovetsky Islands
On a remote Arctic island, ancient peoples left behind dozens of mysterious spiral stone labyrinths, their purpose lost to time.
Dotting the stark, windswept landscape of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island are over 30 perfectly preserved stone labyrinths, some dating back 2,500 y...
Russia · Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
A terrifying, mile-long gash in the Siberian permafrost known as the "Mouth to Hell" is growing larger every year, revealing a prehistoric world beneath.
This massive thermokarst depression, the largest of its kind, is a continuously expanding geological wonder that truly looks like a scar on ...
Russia · Republic of Dagestan
In the verdant, mountainous landscape of Russia's Dagestan region, a colossal, isolated sand dune inexplicably rises, whispering and 'singing' its ancient secrets.
Far from any conventional desert, the Sarykum Dune is one of the largest isolated sand massifs in the world, towering over 260 meters high a...
Russia · North Ossetia-Alania
Tucked away in a remote mountain valley of Russia lies an ancient necropolis where nearly a hundred stone crypts, eerily resembling miniature houses, cling to a hillside, said to guard ancient secrets and a local curse.
This chilling 'City of the Dead' is an ancient burial ground where the bodies of the dead, some dating back to the 14th century, were interr...