This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

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

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

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

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

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

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

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

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

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

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

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

A beautiful stretch of Bangladeshi river known for its high quality sand is possibly more remarkable for its color changing water.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.