The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

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

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

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.

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

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.

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

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.