The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

"The country that ate itself."

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

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

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

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.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

The other side is actually green.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.