Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

This magnificent market stands as a poignant symbol of the suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.

This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.

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

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.