Fez, Morocco
Dar Batha
This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.
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Fez, Morocco
This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.
Thimphu, Bhutan
The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.
Bhutan
A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.
Bhutan
Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.
Jakar, Bhutan
According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.
Licenza, Italy
The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Soshanguve, South Africa
An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.
Cáceres, Spain
The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.
Colares, Portugal
In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.
Tangier, Morocco
Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.
Tskaltubo, Georgia
The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.
Bhutan
One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.
Tang Valley, Bhutan
This Bhutanese site is one of eight sacred locales established by a revered 14th-century Buddhist master.
Namibia
Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.
Samovodene, Bulgaria
Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Constantine, Algeria
This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Cassino, Italy
This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Elizabeth Bay, Namibia
The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.