The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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

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

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

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

A model village fit for an emperor.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.