An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

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

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

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.

The largest hewn stone in history.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

The highest bridge in Myanmar was once the tallest railway bridge in the world.