A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

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

You'll find rocket launchers, not rollercoasters, at Russia's “military Disneyland.”

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

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

An art museum inside an active factory.

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

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

Stalin's secret bunker.

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

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.