A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Unused mast taller than every structure in the EU.

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

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

An unused hyberbolic electricity pylon kept as architectural monument.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

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

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

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

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