Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Afterall, Timur had been one of the world's greatest ... cylindrical holes. Uzbekistan is a country you could visit and spend time only eating, or only hiking in the desert, or only exploring ...

“This is what the end of the world looks like,” says ... From our perch atop this sandy bluff in northern Uzbekistan, the view could be of just about any desert—that is, if it weren ...