An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

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

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

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

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

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

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

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

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

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.

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

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.