A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

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

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

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

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

Thousands of objects tell the story of a city famous for its tobacco.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

Berlin's old airport.