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.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

The world's largest wooden structure.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.