This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

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

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The deepest metro station in the world.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.