Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

An eccentric museum dedicated to Islam Karimov, the former dictator of Uzbekistan.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.