An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.

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

Enjoy fresh-baked bread and fish from a repurposed Portuguese fortress.

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

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

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

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.