On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

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.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

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

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.