This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

The coldest city in the world.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

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

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

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

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

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.