Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

An oasis of shade and color amidst the bustle of the old city.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.