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

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

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Natural rock formation, or biblical artifact that saved Earth's wildlife two by two?

This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.

These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.