Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

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

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

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

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

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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

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

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.