A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

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

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

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

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

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

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

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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.

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

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

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

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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