Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

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

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.