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Baku, Azerbaijan
Juma Mosque
This mosque spent Soviet rule as a carpet museum, its prayer hall draped in rugs rather than reverence for seven decades.
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Saahil Menon
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Bangkok, Thailand
Adventurer since November 2025
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Haji Yaqub Mosque
Built for a mystic who mastered the art of disappearing.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Egyptian Bazaar
Turkish wordplay turned this 1664 spice market into the 'Corn Bazaar'.
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Shiraz, Iran
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
This mosque's expensive gamble turns morning prayers into a daily light show.
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Tabriz, Iran
Sound & Music Museum
Forty years of collecting led to Iran's first sound museum, where fruit-core instruments share space with oil-powered radios.
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Tabriz, Iran
Imam Khomeini Mosalla
Tabriz's forever-unfinished prayer hall has been accused of undermining its ancient neighbor.
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Tirana, Albania
Tirana
The story of how one painter transformed Albania's capital.
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Tehran, Iran
Golestan Palace
Offering an array of gardens, royal buildings, and collections of Iranian crafts and European gifts, the Palace represents a spectrum of Iranian history and architecture that certified its place as a UNESCO World Heritage Site being one of Tehran’s oldest monuments.
Bucharest, Romania
Palace of the Parliament
Containing 1.5 billion pounds of steel and bronze, the Palace of Parliament is the heaviest building in the world.
Delhi, India
Safdarjung’s Tomb
Built in 1754, this garden tomb is the final resting place of Safdarjung, a royal court member and whistleblower who challenged the corruption of the declining Mughal Empire.
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Jaipur, India
Patrika Gate
The original gates defended a fortified city. This one defends Asia's largest circular park on a traffic circle.
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Registan
This public square of the ancient city of Samarkand is surrounded by three madrasas.
Kyiv, Ukraine
St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral
This bright yellow cathedral built in the late 1800s has survived four wars and multiple threats to destroy its historic presence.
Jaipur, India
Hawa Mahal
An architectural veil: 953 windows where royal women watched the world they were forbidden to enter.
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Jaipur, India
City Palace
A boy becomes king at eleven with barely enough cavalry—by fifteen, he's charming emperors and recalculating the cosmos.
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Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Seam-Si is a divination method that dates to the twelfth century, making it one of the world’s oldest styles of fortune-telling.
Kyiv, Ukraine
SC Olimpiyskiy
This is the largest sports complex in Eastern Europe, seating north of 100,000 spectators, is home to the Dynamo Kyiv football club.
Isfahan, Iran
Shah Mosque
This Iranian Mosque is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture and featured on the reverse side of the 20,000 Rials banknote.
Kashan, Iran
Agha Bozorg Mosque
Famed for its symmetry, this Iranian mosque has hosted visits from architects and kings.
Belgrade, Serbia
Hotel Moskva
This Serbian hotel was opened in 1908 by King Peter I to welcome the world's cultural elite. Curiously, no guests can stay in Room 13 as it doesn't exist.
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Independence Palace
This palace was the site of the Fall of Saigon, and is depicted on the 200-ng note.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Catherine Palace
This historic Russian summer palace needed over 100 kilograms of gold to assemble its ornate facade.
