An unusual monument to a gentle giant who became a Kyrgyz hero.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

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

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

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

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

The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.