Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

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

This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.

Climbing the "mountain of frustration" is no easy feat.

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.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This giant underground cave chamber can only be accessed through a small opening at the top.

A section of the desert with an array of unusual sandstone and limestone formations.

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

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

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

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

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

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