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

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.

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

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

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.

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

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

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

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.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

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

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

A powerful cyclone once made one of the world's largest sinkholes completely fill with water.

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

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.