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Bamyan, Afghanistan

Site of the Bamiyan Buddhas

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

Band-e Amir Lakes

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.
Added by Tawsam
Aybak, Afghanistan

Stupa of Takht-e Rostam

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.
Added by Tawsam
Chitral District, Pakistan

Kalasha Valleys

Unique pagan culture in three extremely remote mountain valleys.
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Dara Adamkhel, Pakistan

Darra Adam Khel

A city entirely devoted to illegal gun production.
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Jamshoro District, Pakistan

Ranikot Fort

The Great Wall of Sindh, Pakistan's mighty fort.
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Independence Monument of Turkmenistan

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Giant Ruhnama

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
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Nokhur, Turkmenistan

Nokhur Cemetery

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
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Berlin, Germany

Badeschiff

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
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Shaharah, Yemen

Shaharah

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.
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Bidah Valley, Saudi Arabia

Thee Ain Ancient Village

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Yas Island Hotel

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.
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Maqabil, Oman

Beehive Tombs of Bat

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.
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Dresden, Germany

touched echo

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.
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Qasr al Hajj, Libya

Qasr al-Haj

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.
Added by Tawsam
El-Saf, Egypt

City of the Dead

An endless sea of white conical domes.
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Ghat, Libya

Acacus Mountains

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.
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Ajdabiya, Libya

Atiq Mosque

Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.
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Pakistan

Shangri-La Lake

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.
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Katskhi, Georgia

Katskhi Pillar

Small church on top of a huge rock column.
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Dandarah, Egypt

Dendera Light

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
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Kuwait City, Kuwait

House of Mirrors

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.
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Kyrgyzstan

Burana Tower

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.
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