Explore Moscow, Paris and Beijing with 3-D Maps

Some of the best of National Geographic's Traveler’s 3D Insiders Maps are now online. Discover the best ways to explore Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, and the Vatican City by clicking on the cities’ interactive maps and getting hints from local experts. At Krasnaya Ploshchad, Moscow’s Red Square, visit the 200-ton bronze Tsar Bell, or, on the opposite end, stop by the Kazan Cathedral. In 1936, the 200-year-old cathedral was destroyed by Stalin, and, by memory and old photographs, the red-and-gold wedding-cake shaped icon was rebuilt in the 1990s. Says Father Vsevolod Chaplin, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, “It’s an expression of the dark night followed by the resurrection. It means that Russia is alive again." Click here for more interactive maps from Traveler.