The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

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

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.