A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

The 20th-century archaeologist was interred among the ruins of an ancient Roman city.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

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

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.