This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

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

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

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

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

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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

A bisected journey through evolution's history in the heart of Beijing.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.