In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

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

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.

The fight to make Bengali an official language started in this stunning university hall.

The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

A city entirely devoted to illegal gun production.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.