What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

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

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

The coldest city in the world.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

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

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

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

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

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.