Kairouan, Tunisia
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
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Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
El Jem, Tunisia
The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Guermassa, Tunisia
A charming Amazigh village carved into a mountaintop.
Tataouine, Tunisia
A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
Hara Sghira Er Riadh, Tunisia
An awesome blend of traditional architecture and street art.
Liverpool, England
On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.
Gibraltar
Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.
Walferdange, Luxembourg
A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.
Kitakyushu, Japan
This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.
Nagato, Japan
This phallic temple was erected in the forest to honor the tragic death of a samurai lord's son.
Shimonoseki, Japan
The site of a famous samurai duel.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Durban, South Africa
The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.
Paris, France
This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.
Portland, Oregon
It's a memorial to the beloved, ugly carpet that adorned the Portland airport (PDX) for 30 years.
Borger, Netherlands
More than 5,000 years old, D27 is the largest dolmen in the Netherlands and was already standing long before Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Rochester, Indiana
In 1838, 859 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their village to begin a grueling march to Kansas. This location marks the first death.
Budapest, Hungary
When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.
Havana, Cuba
It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba
Greece
Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.
Morrissey, British Columbia
In British Columbia, a unique microclimate has allowed these trees to live much longer than they usually would.
Boundary County, Idaho
Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.
Sanca, British Columbia
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.