A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The memorial gravesite of the young composer of China's national anthem.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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

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

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

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

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.