Azerbaijan

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Image of Agdam located in Agdam, Azerbaijan
Agdam, Azerbaijan

Agdam

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone

The fall of the Soviet Union left much of Eastern Europe in chaos. From the rubble of the fallen Russian behemoth, an Armenian autonomous nation called the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic arose in the... »

Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by serflac and atimian

Image of Fire Temple of Baku located in Suraxani, Azerbaijan | The temple illuminated at night
Suraxani, Azerbaijan

Fire Temple of Baku

Place of Fire Worship Built on Top of a Natural Flame

Situated on the Abşeron Peninsula, the Fire Temple (Ateşgah) of Baku was a place of sacrifice built above a natural gas vent. Fire rituals at the peninsula’s numerous natural gas vents can be... »

Fiery Wonders, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Tawsam and atimian

Image of Neft Daşları located in Baku, Azerbaijan | (Wikimedia Commons)
Baku, Azerbaijan

Neft Daşları

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform

An industrial settlement 100 miles off the coast of Baku, Azerbaijan, Neft Daslari (Neftyanyye Kamni or Nerftekamni in Russian) is a complete town on the sea. The first oil platform in Azerbaijan,... »

Natural Wonders, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

Image of Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan located in Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan

Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcano's, Azerbaijan features a messy, bubbling, and sometime explosive landscape

In 2001, in Azerbaijan, something unexpected happened. The ground began to move in an unusual way... "It looked as though an animal was trying to get out of the ground...There was a big... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan and Tawsam

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