Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

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

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.

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

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 small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?

An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

The equator passes through this tiny island in the eastern Atlantic.