The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Unused mast taller than every structure in the EU.

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

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

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

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

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.

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.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

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

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

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

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

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.