This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

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

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

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.

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

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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

Amid the ruins of the 1990s Somali Civil War, life goes on as normal.

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

"May the force be with you always."

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.