In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.