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

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

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

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

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

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

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

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

A model village fit for an emperor.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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

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