Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Yas Island Hotel
The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.
Mezairaa, United Arab Emirates
Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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.
Al Madam, United Arab Emirates
An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.
Tarim, Yemen
The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.
Saywun, Yemen
One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.
Sana'a, Yemen
A nearly abandoned Jewish settlement perched atop a hill in the heart of Yemen.
Zabid, Yemen
Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Aden, Yemen
This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.
Jiblah, Yemen
One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.
Shaharah, Yemen
One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemen
A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.
Shibam, Yemen
A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."