The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

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 vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

The other side is actually green.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

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

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

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

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.