Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

Remainders of the defenses established at the start of the previous era in Thai history

The largest hydroelectric project in Laos created this eerie landscape.

Actually this "ancient" way of fishing may have started as recently as WW2

Why trying to get lost in the old quarters of Essaouira may be harder than you think

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

One of the largest wholesale markets in South Asia, bearing responsibility for nearly 60% of Dhaka’s daily vegetable supply.

This castle has decor from many periods of history, as well as a fairytale park.

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.

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

One of the best-preserved modern fortresses was part of a pivotal moment in the Italian Risorgimento.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

Over 100 artworks are painted on the walls of this town, making it an open-air museum of contemporary art.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

An airplane wing is a roadside art installation and monument on a remote stretch of highway.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

Giant aluminum tusks erected over the main thoroughfare to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

This shrine is abandoned, virtually unknown, and dedicated to a Sufi mystic shrouded in mystery.