Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

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.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

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

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

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

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

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.