In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

This triumphal arch is the only fully standing structure that remains from Roman-era Oea.

Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Luxembourg's most popular statue since 1923 has been missing for... 26 years!

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This temple contains what might be the world's oldest optical illusion.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

This Australian drinking fountain pays tribute to the generosity and talent of a 19th-century Scottish doctor.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.