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

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.

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

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.