A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.

A collection of iconic Soviet car models on display.

The largest art park on the European continent.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

A model village fit for an emperor.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

A solemn, monumental, kitschy palace of worship honoring victory in the Great Patriotic War.

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

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

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

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

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

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

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

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

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