How to Walk from the U.S. to Russia

Did you know that it's possible to walk just two and a half miles from the US to Russia, but by the time you got there, you'd arrive 21 hours later than when you started? The key is crossing the Bering Strait, the body of water that separates Alaska from northeastern Siberia.

While the strait is a little over 50 miles wide, in the middle there are two small islands, Big Diomede which is part of Russia, and Little Diomede which is part of the United States. Native Alaskans have lived on Little Diomede for over 5,000 years, and about 100 in Nupiat