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

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

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

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

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

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.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.