Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden)
A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.
Masada, Israel
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Turkmenistan
The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Merv, Turkmenistan
This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Przhevalsk, Kyrgyzstan
This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.
Toguz Toro, Kyrgyzstan
These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.
Kyrgyzstan
According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.
Kyrgyzstan
This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.
Ming-Kush, Kyrgyzstan
This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.
Kojomkul, Kyrgyzstan
An unusual monument to a gentle giant who became a Kyrgyz hero.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.
Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan
A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.
Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.
Kaftarhana, Uzbekistan
The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.