Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

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

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.

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

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

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

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.