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

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.