Places megankass Wants to Go

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

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

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

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

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

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

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

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

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

Over 100 artworks are painted on the walls of this town, making it an open-air museum of contemporary art.

The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.