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

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

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

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.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

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

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

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

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.

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

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

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

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

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.