A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

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 state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

Once a highly polluted body of water has now been transformed into a gorgeous lagoon.

This vibrant side road in Doha was painted light blue to reduce heat.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

A superb spot to appreciate the traditional boats of the Indian Ocean.

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.