The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.

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

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

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

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

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

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.