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

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

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

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

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

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

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

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.