Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

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

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.