This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

The Russians still use the transmitter Nazis built during World War II to communicate with submarines.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Stalin's secret bunker.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.