Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A bustling bazaar with an elaborate facade in Central Asia’s underrated capital.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

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

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

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

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.