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A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A hike outside of the town of Zuun Mod will take visitors to a monastery complex steeped in Mongolian history.

Soviet General Zhukov’s former home is a quiet spot amid the heavy traffic of Ulaanbaatar.

This cozy little museum is a journey through the history of Mongolia’s capital.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

Buddhist pilgrims journey to this sacred rock to leave offerings and have their wishes granted.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

This massive piece of aviation history calls this residential neighborhood home.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.

These ancient pecked images are among the oldest and best-preserved in Mongolia.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.