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

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

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

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

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.