A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

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

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

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

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

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.