Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

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

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

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

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

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Temples adorned with intricate, erotic sculptures make up one of the "seven wonders" of India.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

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

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

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

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.