Independence, Missouri
Leila's Hair Museum
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
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Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Saranac Lake, New York
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
Alexandria, Virginia
A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.
Rehovot, Israel
Hidden beneath a washing machine in a fake kibbutz, this secret bullet factory has been preserved as a museum.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
An endless sea of white conical domes.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Cairo, Egypt
Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Cairo, Egypt
A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.
Cairo, Egypt
A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.
Cairo, Egypt
A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.
Borrego Springs, California
A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.