7 Super-Sized (And Somewhat Insane, and Mostly Unfinished) Soviet Projects
via mentalfloss.com
The Soviets had no lack of ambition when it came to grand projects. Unfortunately (for them), most of them either died on the drawing board (including the "Palace for the People" shown, which was to be taller than the Empire State Building) or were utter failures (like the Baltic-to-White-Sea canal). More regrettably, hundreds of thousands of political prisoners died during construction of even just the few projects that moved forward. Ambition unbounded by morals is the greatest of all evils.
