Places notrobespierre Wants to Go

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

An aromatic exploration of the rich history and flavors of this German town's famous gingerbread.

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

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

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

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

This remote, abandoned Soviet observatory promises spectacular views for those who can reach it.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

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

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.