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.

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

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

A recently restored substation that dates from 1875.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.