Originally built in the 14th century, this small, two-story church with five decorative domes was fully rebuilt in the 19th century and is the only surviving building in the Monastery of the Holy Spirit.

Dating back to 1313, this church was once part of a monastery but is now a separate building.

Exemplifying 15th-century Novgorodian architecture, with differing types of facades, this 1406 church is made of brick and limestone.

Various architectural masterpieces are conveniently located all in one place inside this court, which was the economic and political center of Novgorod in ancient times.

Housed in a white-columned, Greek- and Roman-style building, this museum will delight any naval enthusiast with over 800,000 exhibits, including the actual boat on which Peter the Great learned to sail. The red rostral columns, with gas torches at the top, acted as lighthouses for ships navigating the Neva River.

The Chesma Church was built in 1777-1780 and is one of the rare neo-gothic buildings in St. Petersburg.

Russia's despotic ruler is depicted as a powerful military figure on horseback in this beautifully sculpted monument in the city's historic St. Isaac's Square.

Although it suffered decades of disrepair and decay, this massive, deep blue-domed, Classical-style cathedral, with its impressive array of 24 Corinthian columns, is just beginning to be restored to its original splendor.

A monument to the victory over Napoleon in the war of 1812, this copper-covered brick arch is topped by a chariot pulled by six ponies.

The mosque, on of the largest in Europe, was built in 1920 and is similar to the Samarkand mausoleum.

The folk art, crafts, dress and lifestyles of the various peoples and tribes who inhabited the vast expanse of territory in the former USSR are portrayed on the two floors of this unusual museum.

Centrally located on Nevskiy Prospekt, Dom Knigi is a massive bookstore with an excellent section for travelers. In fact now there are two shops called Dom Knigi at Nevsky prospect: the first and the...

Russia's first boarding school for noble young ladies, the Smolny Institute was the headquarters of the first Soviet government in 1917. Today it is the seat of the City Government. It also houses Lenin Memorial Museum.

This highly unusual church and one of the oldest in the city combines Baroque and Classical styles, is crowned by five different-sized onion-shaped cupolas and contains a unique iconostasis that is considered a great 18th-century work of art.

Two pairs of mythological cast-iron griffons guard each end of this narrow footbridge, which incorporates some of the best artistic and architectural features of 19th-century bridges.

A vision in yellow, this majestic palace - now housing Russian cultural artifacts - once belonged to Alexander Menshikov, ruler of Russia for two years until accused of treason and exiled to Siberia.

Most notable for the four ornate towers adorning its center span, this medieval-style bridge is one of the three surviving 18th-century bridges crossing the Fontanka River.

The candelabras and obelisks that grace this low, gently arched bridge over the Neva River have become St. Petersburg landmarks.

Encompassing most of Yelagin Ostrov Island, this park includes an open-air theater, a beach and the Yelagin Palace, once occupied by Catherine the Great and now open to tourists.

The largest memorial park in St. Petersburg features the Monument to Revolutionary Fighters, a commemoration of the Red Army victims of the revolution and civil war.

The very first house in St. Petersburg is a small, wooden cabin that Peter the Great inhabited for five years, and is now filled with some of his original belongings.

Built in the 1960s to link an outlying area (Maly Okhti) with St. Petersburg, this innovatively constructed and modern style bridge is the city's longest.

This three-span bridge crossing the Neva River was the first of its kind in St. Petersburg, with unique features such as its fast-rising middle span, gigantic arched girders and two granite, Romanesque-style towers designed to resemble lighthouses.

Captivating, 150-year-old Eqyptian sphinxes adorn each corner of this Fontanka River bridge, the first metal bridge in Russia.

Known as the "priceless necklace of the Neva," this beautiful, 8-span bridge is noted for its ornate cast-iron railings decorated with sea horses.

This simply designed bridge crossing the Neva River is best known for the magnificent view it creates when its elevated platforms frame the gilded spire of the SS Peter & Paul Cathedral rising in the background.

This five-span steel arched bridge with decorative, nautical-themed railings is a major transportation artery in the city.

Famous for its elaborate decorations, this cast-iron bridge that crosses the Moika River is one of the most ornamental in the city, boasting a Doric-style facade and ornately designed railings, floor lamps and lanterns.

This high-style footbridge is most famous for the graceful floor lamps and enchanting lanterns at each end as well as for its unusual railings and decorative girder facades.

Plain and modern in style, this heavily traveled bridge contrasts sharply with the highly decorative styles of most of the city's bridges.

This massive 1930s bridge spans the Neva River and has a simple, Spartan design that employed numerous technical innovations.

Celebrated Russian polar expeditions and rescue missions are dramatically detailed and illustrated at this museum, which contains the original small plane that carried the Chelyuskin crew to safety in a 1934 rescue operation.