Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

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

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

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

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.

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

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.

Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

Along the Stuart Highway, two giant sculptures tower over the roadway.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

A fallen bull's legacy lives on in the rural cattle town that is named after him.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

A giant version of an Australian town's claim to fame: a cowbell said to be audible from miles away.

These tin huts were commonplace in Australia during the Great Depression.

Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.