This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

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

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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