The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The largest hewn stone in history.

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

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

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

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

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

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

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.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.