A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

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

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

The coldest city in the world.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

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

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

Back in the tiny USSR.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

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

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

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