Things You'll Only See In Russia

Peterhof Palace

Peter the Great decided to build a palace in Russia that mimicked the palace of Versailles. The beautiful palace is available to tour and is as historically accurate as possible. There are 150 fountains, including the most famous fountain of them all: the Bolshoy cascade. This fountain features 64 individual water spouts and 226 bronze statues. 

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • The average golf ball has 336 dimples.
  • The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
  • Grasshopper Mice have evolved to turn scorpion venom into a pain-killer. They now prey on scorpions.
Next Page →