Moscow's Metro has some of the most interesting decor of any such system in the world, and you can view it for just the price of a Metro ticket, around a dollar for a single ticket. The picture above is from Novoslobodskaya Station. Other stations with amazing decor include Komsomolskaya, Mayakovskaya, and Ploshchad Revolyutsii. All these are among the oldest and busiest stations in central Moscow, so if you want to photograph them without hordes of people, go early on weekend mornings.
Komsomol refers to the former youth organization of the Communist Party, Mayakovsky was one of the most famous Soviet-era poets, and the last in the above list refers, naturally, to the 1917 revolution. I haven't been able to determine the origin of "Novoslobodskaya" yet.
If you can't make it as far as Moscow, Montreal's Metro also has some interesting stations. I like the Berri-UQAM station downtown, with its mural on the history of the city. It's especially appropriate this year, our city's 375th anniversary and Canada's 150th birthday. Unfortunately tickets cost more here, $3.25 Canadian for a single ride.
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