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

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.

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

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

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

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

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.