Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary

Gandan Monestary

Gandan Monestary

Gandan Monestary. No pictures allowed inside!

Gandan Monestary. The two deer facing the wheel are an important Buddhist symbol.

Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary

A Buddhist monk, Gandan Monestary

Prayer wheels, Gandan Monestary

An unhappy child near Gandan Monestary

Stupa near Gandan Monestary

A symbolic pole, commemorating a building that once stood here, near Gandan Monestary

A woman turns prayer wheels at Gandan Monestary

Buddhist monks, Gandan Monestary

Temple of Migjid Janraisig

Statue of Migjid Janraisig

Statue of Migjid Janraisig

Gate of Gandan Monestary

State Department Store

Mongolian National History Museum

Traditional woman's costume, National History Museum

Statute of Chinggis Khaan, National History Museum

Yak-mounted canon, National History Museum

Parliament House, Sukhbaatar Square

Chinggis Khaan seated at the Parliament House

Statute of one of Chinggis Khaan's generals, Parliament House

Statute of Sukhbaatar, Sukhbaatar Square

Zero kilometer marker, Sukhbaatar Square

Gate to the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Tapestry depicting a vengeful deity, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Stone lion, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Eaves of one of the buildings at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Interior of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan, with statute of Zanabazar

Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Dragons adorn the roof of a building at the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Ger covered with snow leopard pelts, Winter Palace of the Bogd Khaan

Overview of Ulaanbaatar from the Zaisan Memorial

Zaisan Memorial, built by the Soviet Government to commemorate Soviet-Mongolian cooperation

Zaisan Memorial, depicting Russians hand in hand with Mongolians

The "eternal flame" at Zaisan Memorial, no longer burning after the Soviet Union's collapse

Image of Chinggis Khaan on a hillside near Ulaanbaatar

Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Tsam (mask) dance, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Throat singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers

A musician plays a Morin Khuur (traditional horse-head violin), Tumen Ekh National Performers

Musician, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Singer, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Dancer, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Contortionist, Tumen Ekh National Performers

Russian-built power plant, one of several in Ulaanbaatar

Meteorite, Museum of Natural History

Dinosaur skeleton, Museum of Natural History

Tarbosaurus Baatar skeleton, Museum of Natural History

"Fighting Dinosaurs," Velociraptor and Protoceratops, unearthed in the Gobi Desert, Museum of Natural History

Ferris wheel at Nairamdal Park

Entrance, Temple of the Chojin Lama

Children line up for exercise outside their school

Road into Ulaanbaatar from the west

Roadside monument outside Ulaanbaatar

Hay bound for storage

Cooking at BD's Mongolian Grill, the only American franchise in Ulaanbaatar

State Circus Building

Buddha statute in a park near the Zaisan Memorial

Mongolia's present and past -- a new statute of Buddha, with the Zaisan Memorial in the background

Stone lion

Zaisan Memorial

Drum in a public park in Ulaanbaatar

Mongolian teenagers ring a bell in a public park

Wall mural on a building in central Ulaanbaatar

Residences in suburban Ulaanbaatar