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

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.

Back in the tiny USSR.

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

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.