Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.

This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

An abandoned bear enclosure from a 19th-century zoo located in a Danish forest.

Denmark's famous pseudo-hill.

An Elvis superfan built Denmark's own version of Graceland.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.