Gale Beeby checks into one of the most unique hotels in the world and finds the state-of-the-art property is right up against a wall that divides people and countries.

Marc Atchison visits Jordan's fabled Petra and discovers the Pink City is one of the most beautiful and revealing places on Earth.

JERASH, JORDAN - When I visited Jordan, I had no idea I would find myself walking down the Cardo Maximus, a colonnaded street in Gerasa, a once bustling Roman city and an important part of the Roman Decapolis.

WADI RUM, JORDAN - Lying under a cloudless night sky, I gaze in wonder at the stars and satellites twinkling on an ebony canvas and follow shooting stars streaking across the sky and watch them drop into the desert.

AMMAN, JORDAN – Our morning wakeup call came unexpectedly at 4:30 a.m. when we were stirred by the amplified voice of a Muslim holy man calling worshippers to first prayer at a local mosque.