Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

A tribute to Richard Feynman is carved into the land he planned to see but never got to visit.

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

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

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

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

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

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

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

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

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

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

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

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

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

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

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

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

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