A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of continental South America.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

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

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

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

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

The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

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.