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

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

According to local legends, the shallow sandbar that allows visitors to walk across Orhaniye Bay has a tragic backstory.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.