Gran Sabana, Venezuela
Mount Roraima
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
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Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Merida, Venezuela
Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Aswan, Egypt
This eatery is emblematic of the connection between Jamaica and Nubia.
Luxor, Egypt
There are ongoing efforts to preserve this village, the best known work of Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy.
Egypt
Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.
Aswan, Egypt
This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Al Wahat Al Dakhla Desert, Egypt
A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."
Cairo, Egypt
The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.
Madinet Mit Ghamr, Egypt
Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt
Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.
Luxor, Egypt
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.
Cairo, Egypt
A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Cairo, Egypt
A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.
Al Lahoun, Egypt
It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.
Luxor, Egypt
This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.
Cairo, Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt
Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.