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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

The middle finger of modernity.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.