Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Tomb of Daniel at Samarkand
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Madinet Mit Ghamr, Egypt
Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.
Karachi, Pakistan
Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
Tanis, Egypt
The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.
Sissach, Switzerland
Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
London, England
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Marrakesh, Morocco
The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.
Bou Craa, Morocco
This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.
Tambon Pa Fa, Thailand
The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.
Pensacola, Florida
Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Mollendo, Peru
An abandoned early 20th-century mansion towers over a cliff in a southern Peruvian beach town.
Barú, Colombia
Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.