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These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

This fortress sits atop a centuries-old well system.

This ornate mosque is said to hold the remains of Muhammad's granddaughter beneath its dome of pure gold.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.