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A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

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

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

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

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

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

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

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

This medieval citadel once guarded the western entrance of the Pamir Highway.

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

This largely abandoned village was home to a bustling mining community in the Soviet era.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

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

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

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