More curiosities from EnglishRussia.com

Ever since I wrote about the Moscow subway system back in September, I’ve been a fan of EnglishRussia.com, a daily blog documenting the interesting happenings in Russian-speaking countries, “just because something cool happens daily on one-sixth of the Earth’s surface.”

The site recently featured some photos of strange Soviet buildings, including the “Friendship” hotel, which reportedly fooled the CIA into thinking it was a beach-side missile silo.

Head over to EnglishRussia.com to check out the rest.