More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

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

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

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

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

The other side is actually green.

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

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

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.