Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

Fountain where visitors can earn a license to be mad.

This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

An overgrown monument remembers 60 years of French control in New Caledonia.

This beautiful 14th-century castle perched on a promontory overlooks the Bay of Trieste.

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

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

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

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

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.