Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

The largest hewn stone in history.

One of the holiest Shi'i shrines in Iran honors the life and death of a learned noblewoman who became a saint.

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.