A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

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.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.