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

An endless sea of white conical domes.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.