A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

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

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

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

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.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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.