The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

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

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

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

Land that belongs to no nation.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.