An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The London statue that imitates passersby.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.