I've mentioned this before when this topic has come up: you can see sights similar to this (minus the cyrillic writing) in the Western U.S., particularly along routes which an Interstate taking a different route put whole towns out of business. I have ridden US-36 from Denver to Indianapolis several times. The portion in Eastern Colorado is downright spooky with ghost towns created when the I-70 route was chosen to be US-40 instead of US-36.
If you're on a motorcycle, do _not_ pass any open gas stations along the Eastern Colorado section.
@jabber: "do not pass any open gas stations" means "do not pass up any opportunity to get gas because such opportunities are few and far between". I use a BMW R1100RT with about a 300 mile range as my touring bike, and even I got a little nervous.
@Chip Overclock: Same advice if you ever take a trip across the north shore of Lake Superior. There's a 75 mile stretch (give or take) where there is no civilization at all. I think that it's east of Marathon. Very cool. The views are awesome, but bring a good bug spray, and never confront a moose. The most fun I've ever had on a Canadian highway (someday I'll do the Alaska Highway).
Some of the early Stalinist architecture is quite beautiful. It's when they ended up facing a housing crisis etc. that they turned to the mass produced, cheaply constructed austere architecture. Obviously it was not designed to stand the test of time. #sovietruins
@EdificeComplex: I was in Beijing in a government building built by the Russians in the 50s. As you walked up the stairs, the upper flight of stairs got closer and closer to the lower flight, until near the top of the stairwell you had to stoop to continue walking up. My hosts just shook their heads and muttered "Russians" as if that explained everything.
There are two styles of buildings on the campus of Peking University (which is what it was still called when I was there): lovely classical Chinese buildings built (I was told) by the Americans many decades ago, and ugly concrete and cinder block buildings built by the Russians in the 50s and 60s.
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For US equivalents, try: [www.lostamerica.com] .
-Kle.
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If you're on a motorcycle, do _not_ pass any open gas stations along the Eastern Colorado section.
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Some of the early Stalinist architecture is quite beautiful. It's when they ended up facing a housing crisis etc. that they turned to the mass produced, cheaply constructed austere architecture. Obviously it was not designed to stand the test of time. #sovietruins
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There are two styles of buildings on the campus of Peking University (which is what it was still called when I was there): lovely classical Chinese buildings built (I was told) by the Americans many decades ago, and ugly concrete and cinder block buildings built by the Russians in the 50s and 60s.
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Dude, Screamers totally live there. #sovietruins
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