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

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

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

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

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

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.