Chiatura, Georgia
The Cable Cars of Chiatura
These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city
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Chiatura, Georgia
These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Belgrade, Serbia
A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.