Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

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

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

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

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

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

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

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

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

Gigantic natural towers in a Russian plateau.

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

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

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

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.