Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

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

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

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

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

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

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

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

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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

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

In the heart of Medellín, an artsy urban complex sets the stage for demonstrations and protests.

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

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.