Places Edited by Kalpak Travel

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

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.

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

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

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

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

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

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