An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.

A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

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

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

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

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.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

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