The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

At the heart of an otherwise bustling city lies some oddly abandoned and ignored historical ruins.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

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

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.

The last place in Bahrain where you can get a custom-made dhow.

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

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

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.

This park is home to around 500 bird species.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.