Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

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

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

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

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

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.