Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

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

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

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

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

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

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

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

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

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

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

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.

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.

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