The endangered animals of the southern Canadian prairie are on larger-than-life display in this tiny town.

Thomas Francis Meagher drowned here in 1867, but whether his death was an accident or a murder, nobody knows.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.

A 19th-century defensive wall that once protected the settlement from invaders.

Outside a historic fort stands a replica of the “tree of repentance” where criminals were publicly punished.

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.

Amid the ruins of the 1990s Somali Civil War, life goes on as normal.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

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

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

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

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

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

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

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

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

A bustling bazaar with an elaborate facade in Central Asia’s underrated capital.