Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

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

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

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

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

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

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

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

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

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