A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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

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

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

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

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

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

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

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.