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More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

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

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.