This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

This 1939 grave of a British soldier now receives legions of unlikely visitors.

This neoclassic cathedral also houses what is believed to be the oldest clock in the Americas.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

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

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

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

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

The inhabitants of the world’s largest wetland have learned to navigate its dramatic seasonal changes.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.

A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.