Timbuktu, Mali
Djingareyber Mosque
One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.
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Timbuktu, Mali
One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.
Gao, Mali
The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.
Timbuktu, Mali
Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Joensuu, Finland
One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.
Tallinn, Estonia
A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Tallinn, Estonia
A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.
Tallinn, Estonia
An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."
Tallinn, Estonia
Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Maldon, England
This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.
Brunswick, Germany
A purr-fectly spirited bronze celebration of local street felines through history.
Alresford, England
A rare example of a building constructed specifically for catching eels.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This unusual 15th-century house of worship once catered to those who sought its healing properties.
Iceland
A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand spent his final night alive at this luxurious hotel.
Vienna, Austria
A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.
Jokkmokk, Sweden
Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.
Cumbernauld, Scotland
An ancient Roman altar named after Robert the Bruce.