These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

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

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

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

Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

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

You'll find rocket launchers, not rollercoasters, at Russia's “military Disneyland.”

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

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

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

Located along Lysaya Mountain, this monastery is home to the largest statue of Buddha in Russia.

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

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

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

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

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

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.