Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

The massive steel ring looks like it could be China’s first Stargate.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

A collection of cafes and shops all crafted from recycled storage containers.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

Unexpected work of street art in a remote Caucasus mountain town.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Towering metal swords commemorate a 12th-century victory.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.