The other side is actually green.

This restaurant sits within the walls of an 18th-century fortification that once defended the city’s old quarter.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

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

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

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

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

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

Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

The oldest church in Serbia was also the ecclesiastical seat of the region during the Middle Ages.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

The feminist fashion collective centering Palestinian craftsmanship and radical transparency.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.