Valletta, Malta
Casa Rocca Piccola
Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.
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Valletta, Malta
Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.
Valletta, Malta
This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.
Valletta, Malta
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.
Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan
The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.
Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.
Changikhisarak, Uzbekistan
More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.
Margilan, Uzbekistan
Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.
Xiva, Uzbekistan
Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Kantubek, Uzbekistan
Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.
Kokand, Uzbekistan
Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.
Beruni, Uzbekistan
These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.
Nukus, Uzbekistan
The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.