Baku, Azerbaijan
Fire Temple of Baku
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.
Durman, Tajikistan
Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Buinen, Netherlands
The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Lutry, Switzerland
Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.
Vevey, Switzerland
At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Lorette, Manitoba
This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.