She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

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.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

The largest hewn stone in history.

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

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

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.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

The hottest place on the planet.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.