Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.