One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

The largest art park on the European continent.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.

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

An art museum inside an active factory.

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

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

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

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

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.

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

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

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

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.