Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

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

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.