Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

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

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

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

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

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

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

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.