I took a moment to catch my breath. The gigantic sand dune kept going straight up into the air and down below me the people were already looking like Polly Pocket dolls. But it was the challenge of the Wadi Rum desert that kept me climbing the sand dune. I figured...

Almost 2,000 years ago, John the Baptist baptized a man in the Jordan River who would change the world. I got to walk on the hallowed ground where this miracle occurred at Bethany-Beyond-Jordan. It is easy to picture this event, since the area has the same desert look...

You might not think of Hercules when you think of Jordan. However, Hercules once stood atop the Citadel Hill in Jordan's capital, Amman, during the Roman times. All that's left of the once giant statue is little more than a piece of the hand, but that is enough to...