Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.