Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.