Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

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

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

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

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

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.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

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.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

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