Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

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

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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

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

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

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

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

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

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

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

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

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

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