Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

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.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Brush shoulders with animatronic Arab leaders made of silicone.