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There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

This massive piece of artwork weighs more than 250 tons, and was designed as a tribute to the first president of the United Arab Emirates.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.

One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

A historic Maryland home that once belonged to a man who has been called "the most insignificant" U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The stone supports mark where a historic railroad once crossed one of Towson’s main roads.

A place like gnome other.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

A historic manor with a priest hole you can stand up in, the last surviving vestments from a dissolved abbey, and centuries of art on display.