Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

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

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

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

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

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

The coldest city in the world.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

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

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

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

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

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

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

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

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.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

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

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.