One of the highest countries in the world, Mongolia is a land of harsh extremes—snowy mountains, wide expanses of grassy steppe, and windswept desert.
Photograph by Bradley E. Clift
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Best of the World 2012
It's time to start planning your adventures for 2012. Here are Traveler magazine's 20 best places in the world to visit, including Mongolia.
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Video: Mongolian Horsemen
The horse is still important to the semi-nomadic way of life on the steppes of Mongolia.
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Ulaanbaatar Photo Gallery
An influx of nomads has turned the Mongolian capital upside down.
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