Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

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

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

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