One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

Where artisans use centuries-old techniques to build traditional Arabian ships.

Traditional architecture and ancient irrigation systems are on display in this gorgeous mountain village.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.