On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

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

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

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.

A sign marks where the two bodies of water meet.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

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

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

The other side is actually green.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

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

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

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.