A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

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

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

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

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

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

After surviving decades of medical testing and civil wars, these chimpanzees were abandoned on their own islands.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

This unique religious structure is an architectural gem with arresting ocean views.