A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

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

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

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

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

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

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

Nepal is home to the world’s tallest Shiva statue.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

This garden is very fertile.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

All that is left of an Armenian community that thrived in Dhaka 200 years ago.