Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

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

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

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.