Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This mosque turned crypt is an amazing display of Persian-Islamic architecture.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

The largest covered bazaar in the world.

The most sacred Jewish shrine in Iran and a fine example of restoration works gone wrong.

The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

This 12,000 year old Iranian cave village has been continuously inhabited for over 3,000 years.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.