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This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

Stalin's secret bunker.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

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

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

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

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

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

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

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

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.