This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.

The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

A Flintstones-themed eatery in the heart of Ayia Napa’s party strip.

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.

A statue honoring the tragic heroine of a Spanish literary masterpiece.

Made up of 3,200 recycled glass bottles, this tree pays homage to Asturia's love of cider.

This modern sculpture looks out over the sea and amplifies sound from the inside.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.

This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.