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An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

Next to a newer mosque in Khujand’s main square lies the city’s oldest mosque, whose interiors are spectacularly intricate.

A Soviet-era health spa complete with radioactive bathing and shock therapy.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

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

This medieval citadel once guarded the western entrance of the Pamir Highway.

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.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

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

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

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

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

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

At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed station is the highest in the world.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

Former home of a village butcher who became a globally renowned artist.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Rare surviving tombs from one of the "Dark Ages" of Ancient Egypt.