From salty baths to salt caves, sanatoriums throughout Eurasia have, over the centuries, changed in form, but not in spirit. 

Online duty-free purchasing is taking over Russian airports. Rejoice, fans of designer cologne.

In this week's Odder News: a forgetful traveler, spaceman transport, and the seal of approval.

What would you rather visit: a cathedral or a distillery?

Does that cat fit in your carry on? Russia mulls flying fat cat regs.

On the dangers of booking one's travel through a debt-strapped agency.

The Siberian village of Okunevo is a "place of power." For literally hundreds of years, people have visited here, convinced that the lake has healing power, among other things.

It always hurts when death comes. Particularly when it is sudden and all too early.

Eight tips to make your travels throughout the former Soviet Union easy, fun, and low-budget!

Urban legends and superstitions made some sculptures in Moscow and St. Petersburg too famous for their own good, and some culture officials have had enough.

Brezhnev’s traffic ticket goes on sale, Crimea shows up in Astrakhan, and a man gives an all for his cat.

Nikita was trained as a philologist, but gave it all up to co-found a craft brewery.