#808 Besh Barmac Dag, Azerbaijan

Rising 520m up sharply and distinctly from the Caspian Sea plains north of Baku and the Abseron Peninsula is Five Finger Mountain, known as ... Read more »

#822 Ateshgah Fire Temple, Abseron Peninsula, Azerbaijan

In the unappealing town of Suraxani, about an hour's drive from Baku is an astonishing fire temple, yet another example of Azerbaijan... Read more »

#848 Krasnaya Ploshchad, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

The most iconic place in Russia symbolizing all that was hated about the Tsars, all that was controlling about the Communists and all that i... Read more »

#850 Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain), Abseron Peninsula, Azerbaijan

This mountain is on fire!  On the edge of a desolate moorland on a small rural road just past the pink salt lake beyond the ugly oil-field t... Read more »

#853 Ararat, Turkey (Armenia)

The cultural heart for the Armenian people lies just across the border in the home of their enemy: Turkey. Mount Ararat, known as Agri in Tu... Read more »

#869 Candy Cane Mountains, Azerbaijan

The descriptive name was coined by travel writer Mark Elliot because of the beautiful stripey colors, but there isn't really anything th... Read more »

#874 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

The capital of Turkmenistan is one of the most bizzare cities I have ever visited. It feels like a ghost town, and is a frightening example ... Read more »