Places Henry Kuvin Wants to Go

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

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

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

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

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city