The Kremlin & Lenin

Pictures: Craig's

Our first Moscow tourist site was the Kremlin. It's not hard to spot this massive clump of buildings in the city centre. The security for getting in however, was tighter than most airport screenings; no bags, no cameras (without a special sticker), and a full metal detector arrangement. 300 Rubles each ($10), a frisking, and we were in.
The building construction dates range from 1400s through 1600s with interior decorating to match. Everything was grand, fancy, and religiously based. 'Onions', as we dubbed them, draped in gold paint, topped all the buildings. It was all intriguing; filled with so much history. You can read all about the history of the Kremlin on Wikipedia ;)

The following day, we went back to the Red Square, this time to check out Lenin's Mausoleum. We lined up in a long line (it's only opened from 10-1, Tues-Thurs, Sat-Sun) and were thoroughly frisked again before going into the building. It's quite dark and filled with guards protecting the embalmed body encased in glass. His body is frequently wiped down and dipped in paraffin wax so he looked like plastic. It was all very creepish, but definitely worth it (FREE!) and memorable.