Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

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

Stalin's secret bunker.

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

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

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

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Back in the tiny USSR.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

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