Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

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

The rocks around this mountain are filled with so many carvings that the area became known as the "open library."

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.

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.

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

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

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.

A tower built by an emperor for an antelope.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.