A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

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

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

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

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

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

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

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

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.