Abandoned palace in Ras Al Khaimah, with a reputation as being haunted, now restored and open as a private museum.

Built as part of the 'Waste to Wonder' campaign, the 26-foot statue is made of more than two tonnes of iron and steel.

Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?

This unassuming oil well changed the history of the Arabian Gulf.

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

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

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

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

It celebrates the four men from South Africa who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

An abandoned Fiat 500 of unknown provenance serves as an unlikely icon of Bangkok’s older Chinatown

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.