This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.