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

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

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

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

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

A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.