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

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.