The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

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

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

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

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.