The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

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

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.

This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.

These 4,000-year-old tombs form a surreal landscape.

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

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

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

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

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.