Places emmycate Wants to Go

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

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

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

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

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

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

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

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A colonial-era fort with panoramic views across the border of Timor-Leste, now home to a hotel.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

Described as "the world's most blinging pool."

A shrine in Karachi is home to around 100 crocodiles that are regarded as sacred.

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.

The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

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

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.