Places Mr Bucket Wants to Go

Home to over 1,000 street signs, this museum offers visitors an opportunity to travel over 70 years back in time.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

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

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.