Side door into Saint Isaac's  Cathedral

The Monument to Nicholas I, a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square (in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral). Unveiled in 1859, the six-meter statue was a technical wonder of its time. It was the first equestrian statue in Europe with only two support points (the rear hooves of the horse), the only precedent being the 1852 equestrian statue of U.S President Andrew Jackson.

When ever we went out on tour, we'd always drive by this interesting church but never knew what it was.

Turns out that it's the Cathedral of the Assumption, a Catholic church.

All around the city we would see buildings being renovated and the scaffolding was draped in fabric that had a graphic of the finished building on it.  A great idea!

A quick glance at this building and you wouldn't know it was under construction.

The Naval Museum housed in what used to be the old Stock Exchange

A Rostral Column in front of the navel museum. The cauldron on the top was lit on the night we went to the ballet.

The Church of the Resurrection also called  the Church on Spilled Blood

Monument to Peter the Great