From the blog Dark Roasted Blend comes word of a bizarre, high-voltage electrical installation in Russia, which were apparently discovered by a Russian photographer who goes by the name Master, and happened to be wandering around in the bush about 50 kilometres from Moscow when he saw a series of gigantic, rusting towers with strange circular structures on top.

According to the site, they appear to be related to a little-known Russian high-voltage power research facility, and could have something to do with experiments that genius Nikola Tesla — the inventor of alternating current power — conducted on the idea of broadcasting “wireless power.” Click on the picture for more, or click here (thanks Steve).

For some unknown reason, my favourite story today out of all the RSS feeds I plowed through was this one from the Telegraph (via Neatorama.com), about a Russian gangster who built a gigantic, 13-storey wooden house — or at least the skeleton of one — almost single-handedly before being thrown in jail for extortion and emerging penniless. He’s now living in four rooms on the main floor and the townsfolk (not surprisingly) want the eyesore torn down. A Telegraph writer got a tour of the structure, and the photo gallery is priceless.