A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.

Afghanistan's first skatepark, located in war torn Kabul.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.