Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

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

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

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

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

The coldest city in the world.

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.

Back in the tiny USSR.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

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

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

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

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

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

Designed by the company that provided water to the entire community.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.

A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.