A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

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

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

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

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

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

This Gothic church houses ornate royal tombs and a magnificent gilded altarpiece.

This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.