The bulletproof cross stands at the only operational Christian cemetery in Pakistan's most populated city.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

This medieval citadel once guarded the western entrance of the Pamir Highway.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

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

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