Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

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

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

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

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

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

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

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

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

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

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

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

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

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