A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

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

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

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

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

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.