This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

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

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

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

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

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

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

One of the oldest monasteries in the world is a key pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Christians.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.