An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

The largest art park on the European continent.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

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

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.