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Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

The largest hewn stone in history.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

This giant underground cave chamber can only be accessed through a small opening at the top.

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

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

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

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.