This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.