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One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.

A pocket of pine forests, healing lakes, and legendary rocks rising from Kazakhstan’s endless steppe.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.

An underground unique sacred place in the Kazakh steppe in which Sufism and nomadic tradition merge.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

Stelae-eyed stones greet visitors to a corner of Kirov Park.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

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

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

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

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

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

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

Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.

The Pamir Highway between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan takes a mere hour driving through a stretch of No Man’s Land.