This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

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

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

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

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

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

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.