The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

What happens when a chef with indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

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

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

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

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

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