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

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

The other side is actually green.

Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

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

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

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

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

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.