Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

In an Emirati park near the Omani border, a reconstructed Bronze Age tomb with impressive reliefs.

A 3,000 acre historic oasis and farm in the middle of the UAE's "Green City".

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

The largest falcon hospital in the world, caring for over 6,000 feathered patients every year.

The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Modern reconstruction of a wooden submarine from 1894.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.