An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Half of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's ashes were buried in Armenia.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

An eccentric museum dedicated to Islam Karimov, the former dictator of Uzbekistan.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

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

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.