The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

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

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

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

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

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

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

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The tallest hotel in Europe.