It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

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

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

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

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

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

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

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

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.