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

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

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

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The coldest city in the world.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

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

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

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

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