All Places in Turkmenistan

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.