The largest art park on the European continent.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

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

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

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

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

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

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

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

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

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

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

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

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.

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

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