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

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

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

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

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.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

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.

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

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?