Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

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

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

The remains of this ancient fortress atop a manmade hill look as though they were built into a volcano.

Located within one of Israel's most picturesque monasteries is also the country's first meteorological research station.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

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

This clock is an architectural flourish that stands out as a landmark among a unique Israeli German community.

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

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.