An art museum inside an active factory.

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

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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

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

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.