These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

Every December, this stretch of dusty desert road transforms into a catwalk for a camel beauty pageant.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.