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

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

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.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

This grand hydraulic installation has provided water for townspeople since the Middle Ages.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.