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This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

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

A theater with world-class acoustics, neo-Classical architecture and Kazakh ornaments.

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

The only building in Kazakhstan where symbols of sovereignty are collected under one roof.

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

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

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

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

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

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

Local lore says this 700-year-old tree has sacred and medicinal properties.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

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

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

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

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

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

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.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

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