Qurghonteppa

This looks like a stupa or minaret set on a hill, but it's supposed to be the Museum of Historical and Regional Studies. The outside appearance might be the best part though. Across the street is a very tall flagpole with Tajik flag. If you walk northeast of here on Prospekt Borbad a few blocks, you should also find the museum of natural history, across the street from a Rumi statue. May need to know Russian or Tajik to get much out of it.

Buddhist ruins where once existed a sleeping Buddha before it was excavated and placed in a Dushanbe museum.

This famous place throughout Tajikistan means "Forty Four" springs due to the number of supposed progenitors to the large pool coming out of the hillside. Here people come for pilgrimage to make ablutions and bathe. Also atop the adjacent hill is said to be a mazar or grave where the horsekeeper of a caliph named Ali is buried.