A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A tribute to Richard Feynman is carved into the land he planned to see but never got to visit.

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

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

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

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

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

The tallest hotel in Europe.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

These two strange cones are actually a system of old nautical navigation beacons.

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

This little gem in the Gulf of Riga has a very rich heritage and distinct culture.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.