This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

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

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

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

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

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

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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

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

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.