The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

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

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

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

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

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

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

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

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.