Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Giant Ruhnama
A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Potomac, Maryland
The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Havana, Cuba
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Mérida, Mexico
These mosaic designs promise a cure for headaches, toothaches, and colds.
Mérida, Mexico
Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Boston, Massachusetts
A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Salem, Massachusetts
"Try not to knock anything over!"
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Suva, Fiji
Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.