Places Henry Kuvin Wants to Go

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

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

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

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

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

A pair of towering monuments commemorate two of Kazakhstan's greatest poets and philosophers.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

An abandoned Soviet-era park that, when viewed from the air, looks like a pentagram.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.