This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

There are ongoing efforts to preserve this village, the best known work of Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

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

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

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