Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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

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

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

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

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

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

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.