The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

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

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

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

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.

This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.

This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.