Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

A theater with world-class acoustics, neo-Classical architecture and Kazakh ornaments.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.