Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

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

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

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The middle finger of modernity.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.