A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

An original apothecary from 1792.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

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

An endless sea of white conical domes.

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

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

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

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

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.

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

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.