At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

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

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

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

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

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

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

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