The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

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

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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

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

The tallest hotel in Europe.

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.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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