Al Jahrah, Kuwait

Al-Jahra 32km (20mi) west of Kuwait City is where invading troops from Saudi Arabia were defeated with British help in 1920. The town's only conventional site is the Red Fort, a low, rectangular mud structure near the highway, that played a key role in the 1920 battle. Al-Jahra was also the site of the Gulf War's infamous. Allied destruction of a stalled Iraqi convoy as it slowly retreated up Mutla Ridge. The highway and surrounding desert are now completely clear of evidence, picked over by scrap-metal dealers and dubious souvenir hunters.