Author John Lee takes us on a ride on the Trans-Siberian, complete with traders, babushkas and long days in a train racing across the steppe.

Remote, wild and pristine, the Kamchatka peninsula is an adventure traveler's dream. We join Christine Seashore and her husband while they kayak the coast of this amazing region.

The former capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk is a thriving city that the railroad made. This fifth installment in our East Across Siberia series also takes us to Tomsk and Barnaul

Founded on bloodshed, a crossroads for exiles and a crucible of the Civil War, this Siberian city is now a model of diversity and perserverence.

We went to this provincial town, just 80 km from Moscow, to visit the last residence of Tchaikovsky. We found several surprises.

Many cities grew up along Siberia's rivers as Russia expanded eastward. Here we look at two very provincial cities as part of our six part journey East Across Siberia.

Our trek east across Siberia takes us to Russia's fourth largest city--an industrial powerhouse with some surprises in its environs.

In this, the first of a six part series where we trek east across Siberia, William Brumfield gives us a tour of Europe's Easternmost Town: Perm. Also includes a long sidebar on Khokhlovka.

The river town of Torzhok has weathered the centuries amazingly well. William Brumfield takes us on a tour.

A popular stopover for river cruises, Kizhi island in Karelia is an astonishingly beautiful preserve of some of Russia's best wooden architecture.

Pskov region's three estates associated with Pushkin were more than a quiet place for the poet to create; they also offered material for his muse.

A jewel in the Golden Ring, Rostov Veliky remains little touched by the tumultuous tides of this century's history.