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

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

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 creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

Abandoned station along an ancient pilgrimage route.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.