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The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

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

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

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

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.