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

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

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

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

One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

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

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

This monument commemorates the soldiers who fought for 16 hours straight to penetrate this concrete fort.

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

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.