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

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

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

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The deepest metro station in the world.

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.