A few ideas for holiday jaunts for your perusal. I suspect #2 will attract many of you.
I'll prolly go for 'Stalin's world' myself..
"...of the 46 sculptors who were commissioned, none could do fluffy beards. Every one of the 86 statues include a placard explaining the historical significance, which means reading, a whole lot of reading; about tyranny, death and other unspeakable horrors." 
http://tinyurl.com/39wscj
