Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

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

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

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

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

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.