Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

At this unique temple in Darjeeling, Hindu and Buddhist practices co-exist harmoniously.

An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.

Worlds' largest inhabited river island.

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

Lake Phewa is home to the only island temple in Nepal.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.