After being bombed and largely abandoned, this former railway workshop has been transformed into a lively market space.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This mesmerizing, colorful structure looks like a tent made from stained glass.

A historic structure that once housed pigeons used by farmers to help fertilize farmland.

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

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

A phenomenon that appears to make gravity work in reverse has been attributed to jinn, supernatural spirits from Arabian folklore.

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.

An annual two-week festival near the city of Riyadh when Saudis let their hair down.

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.

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.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.