This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

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

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

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

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

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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.

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.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

Stalin's secret bunker.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

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

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

The coldest city in the world.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

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

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

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.