Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

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

The rocks around this mountain are filled with so many carvings that the area became known as the "open library."

Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.

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

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

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

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

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

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.