Outdoor art exhibition made of classic Tetris pieces.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

The world's first indigenous rooftop farm boasts 2,000 plants from more than 35 different native Australian species.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

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

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.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

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

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

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

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

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