This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

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

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

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

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

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

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

Back in the tiny USSR.

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

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

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

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.